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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Author: Milan Nikolic <gen2brain@gmail.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+from m64py.core.defs import FRONTEND_VERSION
+
+usage = 'usage: %prog <romfile>'
+parser = OptionParser(usage=usage, version="M64Py Version %s" % FRONTEND_VERSION)
+parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", dest="verbose")
+opts, args = parser.parse_args()
+
+VERBOSE = opts.verbose