From 713eedd54fe75a0cc8ea79644341ba88dcd506cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Duncan Mortimer <duncan.mortimer@ndcn.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:36:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Try and sell argparse even for simple scripts

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 getting_started/08_scripts.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/getting_started/08_scripts.md b/getting_started/08_scripts.md
index e88da22..21bfaa1 100644
--- a/getting_started/08_scripts.md
+++ b/getting_started/08_scripts.md
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ print(sys.argv[0])
 ```
 
 For more sophisticated argument parsing you can use `argparse` -  good documentation and examples of this can be found on the web.
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+> argparse can automatically produce help text for the user, validate input etc
+> so is strongly recommended.
 ---
 
 <a class="anchor" id="example-script"></a>
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