#!/usr/bin/env python import argparse def main(): description = 'Describe what your app does here' # Run CLI menu. parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=description) group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True) group.add_argument('-e', '--encode', type=int, help="some help here") group.add_argument('-d', '--decode', help="another help here") args = parser.parse_args() print(args.encode) print(args.decode) if __name__ == "__main__": main()