How do I replace the built in '-h' action in python using argparse?

Question

I am creating a command line tool in python, and I'm using argparse to parse my input.

I want to use '-h' as an action, but that is already automatically assigned to --help. How can I override this and have an -h action?

Your question is almost a duplicate of this one: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13075241/move-help-to-a-different-argument-group-in-python-argparse — tommy.carstensen, Apr 25 '15 at 18:39
@jonrsharpe I needed it the other day, because I was building a wrapper around some other specialised software. I wanted to keep the flags identical between the wrapper and the software. — tommy.carstensen, Apr 25 '15 at 18:42

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 25 '15 at 18:34

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parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)

Thanks for asking, because I had the same problem the other day and only bothered checking the documentation now.

answered Apr 25 '15 at 18:34

tommy.carstensen

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