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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Example script to illustrate ConfigOptionParser.
+Run from the command line and give some arguments to see how this works.
+
+Read values from .ini file:
+ python example.py -c example.ini
+
+Read values from .ini file but override the setting for the foo
+ python example.py -c example.ini -f blah
+
+Override/add variables from the command line:
+ python example.py -c example.ini blah=bleem fargo=bah -f blah
+"""
+
+import sys
+from configoptionparser import ConfigOptionParser
+
+parser = ConfigOptionParser(dict_section='variables')
+parser.add_option('-f', dest='foo')
+parser.add_option('--baz', default='the baz default string')
+parser.add_option('--fleem')
+parser.add_option('--list', dest='list', action='append')
+parser.add_option('--verbose', dest='verbose', action='store_true',
+                  default=False)
+
+def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+  options, args = parser.parse_args(args)
+  for key in sorted(options.__dict__):
+    print '%s: %s' % (key, options.__dict__[key])
+  print 'args: %s' % args
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  main()