--- a/bitsyblog/cli.py	Sat Feb 01 13:19:26 2014 -0800
+++ b/bitsyblog/cli.py	Sun Feb 23 16:50:06 2014 -0800
@@ -1,28 +1,37 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 """
-command line interface to bitsyblog
+bitsyblog command line interface for user creation
 """
 
-import optparse
+import argparse
 import sys
+from getpass import getpass
 from user import FilespaceUsers
 
 def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
-    """command line entry point for user creation"""
 
     # command line parser
-    usage = '%prog [options] directory user'
-    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=usage)
-    options, args = parser.parse_args(args)
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument('directory', help="base bitsyblog user directory")
+    parser.add_argument('user', help="user name")
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--password', dest='password',
+                        help="password for user")
+    options = parser.parse_args(args)
 
-    # get user name
-    if len(args) != 2:
-        parser.error("directory, user not specified")
-    directory, name = args
+    # read password if not given
+    if not options.password:
+        password = getpass("Enter password for {} : ".format(options.user))
+        if password:
+            options.password = password
+        else:
+            parser.error("No password given")
 
-    # create user
-    users = FilespaceUsers(directory)
+    # create userspace
+    users = FilespaceUsers(options.directory)
+
+    # create a user
+    # TODO: password hashing
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()