Argparse example

argparse.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: <utf-8> -*-
from __future__ import print_function
import argparse

if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Description of what this does')
    parser.add_argument("-c", "--configfile", dest="conf", help="Config file for something")
    parser.add_argument("-f", "--flag", dest="bolFlag", action="store_true", help="Marks True if flag is used")
    args = parser.parse_args()
    
    if args.bolFlag == True:
        "do something
    else:
      "do something"