parser.add_argument("-o","--save",action="store",dest="savefig",required=False,help="output file name for the plot")
parser.add_argument("--show",action="store_true",dest="showflag",required=False,help="Show the plot rather than saving to a PDF")
parser.add_argument("--read",action="store_true",dest="read_flag",required=False,help="READ I/O action to be plotted. Default is False for WRITE mode.")
parser.add_argument("--filemode",action="store_true",dest="singlefile_mode",required=False,help="Single file mode (must be used with --fname). Default is False for all files")
parser.add_argument("-f","--fname",action="store",dest="fname",required=False,help="name of file to be plotted (must use with --filemode)")