parse arg to argparser with no arguments code example

Example 1: python argparse file argument

import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('file', type=argparse.FileType('r'))
args = parser.parse_args()

print(args.file.readlines())

Example 2: argparse list of options

parser.add_argument('--list',
                    default='all',
                    const='all',
                    nargs='?',
                    choices=['servers', 'storage', 'all'],
                    help='list servers, storage, or both (default: %(default)s)')