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Set up the Default Value for Boolean Option in Argparse - jdhao's blog

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If you want to set a parameter’s default value to True using argparse, use
parser.add_argument('--param', action='store_false') Otherwise, use
parser.add_argument('--param', action='store_true')

https://jdhao.github.io/2018/10/11/python_argparse_set_boolean_params/

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