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| author | Sandro Tosi <sandro.tosi@gmail.com> | 2012-01-03 17:37:46 (GMT) |
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| committer | Sandro Tosi <sandro.tosi@gmail.com> | 2012-01-03 17:37:46 (GMT) |
| commit | 5c91242f881f4496034c4b452d5fcc74f66206c8 (patch) | |
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| parent | 74c503b40d9c40b1a5e7874188f36e067b14356c (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst index 0d6925d..c280704 100644 --- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst @@ -1070,6 +1070,17 @@ specifiers include the program name, ``%(prog)s`` and most keyword arguments to optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit +:mod:`argparse` supports silencing the help entry for certain options, by +setting the ``help`` value to ``argparse.SUPPRESS``:: + + >>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='frobble') + >>> parser.add_argument('--foo', help=argparse.SUPPRESS) + >>> parser.print_help() + usage: frobble [-h] + + optional arguments: + -h, --help show this help message and exit + metavar ^^^^^^^ |