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# [Python Command-Line Arguments: Part 3: getopt](https://thegreencodes.com/python-command-line-arguments-part-3-getopt?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

As we get into more details with python command-line arguments, we have to remember the generic household name in the command line family; getopt. See, before we had the fancy argparse, we had this swiss army knife of a package. If you are a 'regula...

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