opts is a simple python library which allows you to easiely parse command line arguments.

• Supports so called commands e.g. hg clone.
• Supports abbreviations of commands and options e.g. hg cl instead of hg clone or hg --he instead of hg --help.
• Shows possible alternatives if you pass a command or an option does not exist
• Declarative syntax for commands and parser.

• http://github.com/DasIch/opts
• http://packages.python.org/opts
• http://pypi.python.org/pypi/opts/0.1.1