ShellArgParser 0.1.0

Simple tool to parse shell arguments using eval

ShellArgParser

A simple python tool to parse any arg / kwarg arguments in a manner that is easy to parse for the linux shell.

I don't understand

For example:

./shell_arg_parser.sh --test=something -a -b -no-c

Will print this text:

ARGS_A=1
ARGS_B=1
ARGS_C=0
ARGS_TEST="something"

So running this:

eval $(./shell_arg_parser.sh --test=something -a -b -no-c)

Will parse the args and kwargs as environment variables, handy for use in the shell:

echo $ARGS_TEST  # outputs 'something'

Notes:

• -something is parsed as ARGS_SOMETHING=1
• -no-something is parsed as ARGS_SOMETHING=0
• -no_something is parsed as ARGS_SOMETHING=0
• Any None python value is parsed as 0
• A prototype 'pure shell' version of this script can be found in ./ShellArgParser.sh

Getting started

• From pypi:
  • As a tool: uvx ShellArgParser@latest --help
  • Via uv: uv pip install ShellArgParser
  • Via pip: pip install ShellArgParser
• From github:
  • Clone this repo then pip install .