How can I replace the built-in action "-h" in python with argparse?

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I am building a command line tool in python and I am using argparse to parse my input.

I want to use "-h" as an action, but this is already automatically assigned to -help. How can I override this and perform the -h action?

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python argparse

MCharles Apr 25. 15 at 18:33

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tommy.carstensen · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-25T18:34:59+0000

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)

Thanks for asking because I had the same problem the other day and was just now worried about checking the documentation .