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argparser.ArgumentParser subclass that prints error message automatically
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argparser_helpmsg.py
class MyArgParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
def error(self, message):
print(f'Error: {message}\n', file=sys.stderr)
self.print_help()
sys.exit(2)
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