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+#-----------------------------------------------------------------
+# pycparser: dump_ast.py
+#
+# Basic example of parsing a file and dumping its parsed AST.
+#
+# Eli Bendersky [http://eli.thegreenplace.net]
+# License: BSD
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------
+from __future__ import print_function
+import argparse
+import sys
+
+# This is not required if you've installed pycparser into
+# your site-packages/ with setup.py
+sys.path.extend(['.', '..'])
+
+from pycparser import c_parser, c_ast, parse_file
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser('Dump AST')
+    argparser.add_argument('filename', help='name of file to parse')
+    args = argparser.parse_args()
+
+    ast = parse_file(args.filename, use_cpp=False)
+    ast.show()