Command-line interface libraries#

The modules described in this chapter assist with implementing command line and terminal interfaces for applications.

Here's an overview:

• "argparse" --- Parser for command-line options, arguments and subcommands

• "optparse" --- Parser for command line options

• "getpass" --- Portable password input

• "fileinput" --- Iterate over lines from multiple input streams

• "curses" --- Terminal handling for character-cell displays

• "curses.textpad" --- Text input widget for curses programs

• "curses.ascii" --- Utilities for ASCII characters

• "curses.panel" --- A panel stack extension for curses

• "cmd" --- Support for line-oriented command interpreters