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_SubParsersAction.add_parser

argparse

method (source)
  • _SubParsersAction.add_parser(name, *, help=None, aliases=None, deprecated=False, **kwargs)
Create and return a new ArgumentParser object for the subcommand name.
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Changed in 3.13
  • 3.13: Added the deprecated parameter.
1 Example
>>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
>>> subparsers = parser.add_subparsers()
>>> checkout = subparsers.add_parser('checkout', aliases=['co'])
>>> checkout.add_argument('foo')
>>> parser.parse_args(['co', 'bar'])
Namespace(foo='bar')
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