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67. Basic Structure

1. Introduction​

Before adding file operations, we need a skeleton CLI structure.
This will allow the program to accept commands and arguments from the terminal.

2. Using argparse​

We’ll use Python’s argparse library for handling command-line arguments.

import argparse

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="File Manager CLI")
    parser.add_argument("command", help="Command to run (list, create, delete, etc.)")
    parser.add_argument("path", nargs="?", help="Target file or directory")

    args = parser.parse_args()
    print("Command:", args.command)
    print("Path:", args.path)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Run from terminal:

python file_manager.py list .

Output:

Command: list
Path: .

3. Project Structure​

capstone_file_manager/
    file_manager.py

4. Next Steps​

✅ Now we have a basic CLI structure that accepts commands.
Next: Implementing file operations (read, write, delete).