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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import sys
+import argparse
+
+# Find spack's location and its prefix.
+SPACK_FILE = os.environ["SPACK_FILE"] = os.path.expanduser(__file__)
+SPACK_PREFIX = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(SPACK_FILE))
+
+# Allow spack libs to be imported in our scripts
+SPACK_LIB_PATH = os.path.join(SPACK_PREFIX, "lib", "spack")
+sys.path.insert(0, SPACK_LIB_PATH)
+
+# clean up the scope and start using spack package instead.
+del SPACK_FILE, SPACK_PREFIX, SPACK_LIB_PATH
+import spack
+
+# Command parsing
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    description='Spack: the Supercomputing PACKage Manager.')
+parser.add_argument('-V', '--version', action='version', version="%s" % spack.version)
+parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', dest='verbose')
+
+# each command module implements a parser() function, to which we pass its
+# subparser for setup.
+subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(title="subcommands", dest="command")
+
+import spack.cmd
+for cmd in spack.cmd.commands:
+    subparser = subparsers.add_parser(cmd)
+    module = spack.cmd.get_module(cmd)
+    module.setup_parser(subparser)
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+# Set up environment based on args.
+spack.verbose = args.verbose
+
+# Try to load the particular command asked for and run it
+command = spack.cmd.get_command(args.command)
+command(args)