argparse default help formatter

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import argparse
import sys

def check():
    print("status")
    return 0

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="sub", add_help=False)
subparser = parser.add_subparsers(dest="cmd")

subparser.add_parser('status', help='show status')
subparser.add_parser('list', help='print list')

# hack to show help when no arguments supplied
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
    parser.print_help()
    sys.exit(0)

args = parser.parse_args()

if args.cmd == 'list':
    print('list')
elif args.cmd == 'status':
    sys.exit(check())

Output without arguments:

usage: sub {status,list} ...

positional arguments:
  {status,list}
    status       show status
    list         print list

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