:Sample Code: .. code-block:: python from argparse import ArgumentParser from pathvalidate.argparse import sanitize_filename_arg, sanitize_filepath_arg parser = ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument("--filename", type=sanitize_filename_arg) parser.add_argument("--filepath", type=sanitize_filepath_arg) options = parser.parse_args() if options.filename: print("filename: {}".format(options.filename)) if options.filepath: print("filepath: {}".format(options.filepath)) :Output: .. code-block:: none $ ./examples/argparse_sanitize.py --filename e/g filename: eg .. note:: ``sanitize_filepath_arg`` is set platform as ``"auto"``.