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diff --git a/docs/features/argument_processing.rst b/docs/features/argument_processing.rst index 5efc83ef..d0f2c137 100644 --- a/docs/features/argument_processing.rst +++ b/docs/features/argument_processing.rst @@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Argument Processing =================== ``cmd2`` makes it easy to add sophisticated argument processing to your -commands using the ``argparse`` python module. ``cmd2`` handles the following -for you: +commands using the `argparse +<https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html>`_ python module. ``cmd2`` +handles the following for you: 1. Parsing input and quoted strings like the Unix shell @@ -16,7 +17,9 @@ for you: The ``Namespace`` includes the ``Statement`` object that was created when parsing the command line. It is stored in the ``__statement__`` attribute of the ``Namespace``. + 4. Adds the usage message from the argument parser to your command. + 5. Checks if the ``-h/--help`` option is present, and if so, display the help message for the command |