import argparse from pathlib import Path cmd_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( prog='vfind', description='A visual version of unix find command in which the results are shown in a tree', epilog="Thanks for using it! :)", ) cmd_parser.add_argument("path") cmd_parser.add_argument("pattern") cmd_parser.add_argument("-t", "--type") # if -s is found in the command line cmd_args.show_children_nodes is True cmd_parser.add_argument("-s", "--show-children-nodes", action="store_true") ## more than one occurrencies of -e option are appended in a list cmd_parser.add_argument("-e", "--exclude", action="append") cmd_parser.add_argument("-i", "--include", action="append") # start the command line parsing cmd_args = cmd_parser.parse_args() p = cmd_args.path path = Path(p) if not path.exists(): print(f'Path: {p} dont\' exists') raise SystemExit(1)