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diff --git a/lib/ansible/scripts.py b/lib/ansible/scripts.py
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+from optparse import OptionParser
+import sys
+import constants as C
+
+def base_ans_parser(opthosts=True, outputpath=True, forkdef=C.DEFAULT_FORKS):
+    parser = OptionParser()
+    if opthosts:
+        parser.add_option('--host', default=[], action='append',
+            help="hosts to act on, defaults to ALL")
+    parser.add_option("-H", "--host-list", dest="host_list",
+        help="path to hosts list", default=C.DEFAULT_HOST_LIST)
+    parser.add_option("-L", "--library", dest="module_path",
+        help="path to module library", default=C.DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH)
+    parser.add_option('-u', '--user', default=C.DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER, 
+        dest='remote_user', help='set the default username')
+    parser.add_option("-P", "--askpass", default=False, action="store_true",
+         help="ask the user to input the ssh password for connecting")
+    parser.add_option('-f','--forks', default=forkdef, type='int',
+               help='set the number of forks to start up')
+    if outputpath:
+        parser.add_option('--outputpath', default='/tmp/ansible', dest="outputpath",
+                   help="basepath to store results/errors output.")
+    return parser
+
+# other functions as needed for nicely handling output from json back
+# to things people might be more inclined to deal with at a bash prompt
+
+
+def errorprint(msg):
+    print >> sys.stderr, msg
+