python argparse receive array of files 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: get file arg0 python

import os
import sys

fn = sys.argv[1]
if os.path.exists(fn):
    print os.path.basename(fn)
    # file exists