docopt positional arguments not working

Question

When followint the docopt README, I would expect the following file to produce some valid output:

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Example file.

Usage:

  test_docopt.py test
  test_docopt.py (-h | --help)
  test_docopt.py --version

Options:
  -h --help                       Show this screen
  --version                       Show version.

"""

import pkg_resources
pkg_resources.require("docopt==0.6.1")
from docopt import docopt

if __name__ == '__main__':
    args = docopt(__doc__, version="Extend limb profiles 0.1")
    print(args)

However, when I call test_docopt.py, I only get a meaningless/empty Usage statement:

$ python test_docopt.py test
Usage:

My two questions are:

Why is docopt apparently failing to recognize the test command?
Why isn't the Usage pattern filled with the actual usage pattern?

Vladimir Keleshev · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-09 17:16:33Z

4

You need to remove the empty line between Usage: and the usage itself. From README.rst

Usage pattern is a substring of doc that starts with usage: (case insensitive) and ends with a visibly empty line.

By putting an empty line right after Usage: you end the usage pattern right there.

answered Apr 9, 2013 at 17:16

Vladimir Keleshev

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