Testing argparse partial parsing

argparse_test_script.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import, division


def run(options, script_args):
    print('options', options, 'script_args', script_args)


if '__main__' == __name__:
    import argparse
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Argparse Test Script")
    parser.add_argument("-s", "--steal-output", action="store_true"),
    parser.add_argument("-m", "--module", metavar="MODULE",
                      help="Debug module or package instead of script"),
    parser.add_argument("--pre-run", metavar="COMMAND",
            help="Run command before each program run",
            default="")

    parser.add_argument('args', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER)

    options, script_args = parser.parse_known_args()
    run(options, script_args)