paul j3 added the comment: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18275023/dont-show-long-options-twice-in-print-help-from-argparse
Once answer demonstrates how to change the Formatter: class CustomHelpFormatter(argparse.HelpFormatter): def _format_action_invocation(self, action): if not action.option_strings or action.nargs == 0: return super()._format_action_invocation(action) default = self._get_default_metavar_for_optional(action) args_string = self._format_args(action, default) return ', '.join(action.option_strings) + ' ' + args_string Another answer suggests using metavar=''. Another SO question with a few more links: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23936145/python-argparse-help-message-disable-metavar-for-short-options ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27303> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com