import argparse

MYVERSION = "0.0.1"


# Used by getarguments() to both display default values and leave
# epilog indented as-typed
class MyFormatter(
                  argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
                  argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter):
    pass


def getarguments():
    """Process and display command-line options using argparse"""
    _pgmdesc = "MySript that does something"
    _epidesc = ("""\
        MyScipt Epilog line 1
        MyScipt Epilog line 2
        """)
    sstparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_pgmdesc,
                                        epilog=_epidesc,
                                        formatter_class=MyFormatter,
                                        fromfile_prefix_chars="@")
    sstparser.add_argument("-V", "--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s " + MYVERSION)
    sstparser.add_argument("-s", "--randseed", help="Override initial random seed value", type=int, default=0)
    sstargs = sstparser.parse_args()
    return sstargs


myparse = getarguments()
exit()

Output:
usage: argtest1.py [-h] [-V] [-s RANDSEED]

MyScript that does something

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit
  -s RANDSEED, --randseed RANDSEED
                        Override initial random seed value (default: 0)

        MyScipt Epilog line 1
        MyScipt Epilog line 2

Output:
argtest1.py 0.0.1