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+"""
+Standalone wrapper for the cheat.sh server.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import textwrap
+
+import cheat_wrapper
+
+def show_usage():
+    """
+    Show how to use the program in the standalone mode
+    """
+
+    print textwrap.dedent("""
+        Usage:
+
+            lib/standalone.py [OPTIONS] QUERY
+
+        For OPTIONS see :help
+    """)[1:-1]
+
+def parse_cmdline(args):
+    """
+    Parses command line arguments and returns
+    query and request_options
+    """
+
+    if not args:
+        show_usage()
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    request_options = {}
+    query = args[0]
+    query = query.lstrip("/")
+    if not query:
+        query = ":firstpage"
+    return query, request_options
+
+
+def main(args):
+    """
+    standalone wrapper for cheat_wrapper()
+    """
+
+    query, request_options = parse_cmdline(args)
+    answer, _ = cheat_wrapper.cheat_wrapper(query, request_options=request_options)
+    sys.stdout.write(answer)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(sys.argv[1:])