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+
+from .imports import * # noqa
+
+
+def parse_cli():
+ """Parse command line options
+ """
+
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+ parser.add_argument("--confd-host", help="confd IP",
+ dest='confd_host',
+ default='127.0.0.1')
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ return args
+
+
+def parse_input_data(file_name):
+ """
+ open the input file and make into a python Dict Obj
+ """
+
+ data = ''
+
+ with open(file_name, 'r') as ipf:
+ data = json.load(ipf)
+
+ return data