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commit 58235a99b0
Author: AndCycle <andcycle@andcycle.idv.tw>
Date:   Thu Aug 16 17:57:26 2018 +0800

    doc: proper fix rst syntax

commit 6620e3583c
Author: AndCycle <andcycle@andcycle.idv.tw>
Date:   Thu Aug 16 17:29:25 2018 +0800

    doc: fix syntax

commit 7a048a3c04
Author: AndCycle <andcycle@andcycle.idv.tw>
Date:   Thu Aug 16 17:09:26 2018 +0800

    doc: add info about read args from file.

commit c4ceaf9636
Author: AndCycle <andcycle@andcycle.idv.tw>
Date:   Thu Aug 16 17:05:07 2018 +0800

    alter `fromfile_prefix_chars` to plus sign to avoid conflict.

commit d469b52b95
Author: AndCycle <andcycle@andcycle.idv.tw>
Date:   Mon Aug 6 19:10:23 2018 +0800

    * Allow reading arguments from file

    function referenced from instagram-scraper,
    which provide a convenient way to hide sensitive information.
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docs/cli-options.rst
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@ -192,3 +192,20 @@ Miscellaneous Options
Disable user interaction, i.e. do not print messages (except errors) and fail Disable user interaction, i.e. do not print messages (except errors) and fail
if login credentials are needed but not given. if login credentials are needed but not given.
This is handy for running :ref:`instaloader-as-cronjob`. This is handy for running :ref:`instaloader-as-cronjob`.
.. option:: +args.txt
Read arguments from file `args.txt`, a shortcut to provide argument from
file rather than command-line. This provide a convient way to hide login
info from CLI. and also can use for simplify managment of long arguments.
.. note::
text file should separate arg with line break.
args.txt example::
--login MYUSENAME
--password MYPASSWORD
--fast-update

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instaloader/__main__.py
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@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ def main():
parser = ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, add_help=False, usage=usage_string(), parser = ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, add_help=False, usage=usage_string(),
epilog="Report issues at https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues. " epilog="Report issues at https://github.com/instaloader/instaloader/issues. "
"The complete documentation can be found at " "The complete documentation can be found at "
"https://instaloader.github.io/.") "https://instaloader.github.io/.",
fromfile_prefix_chars='+')
g_what = parser.add_argument_group('What to Download', g_what = parser.add_argument_group('What to Download',
'Specify a list of profiles or #hashtags. For each of these, Instaloader ' 'Specify a list of profiles or #hashtags. For each of these, Instaloader '