Closes #193

news/help-implemented.rst

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+**Added:**
+
+* Updated pytentiostat.py to return help message
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
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+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>

scripts/pytentiostat

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 #!/usr/bin/env python
+import argparse
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+
 from pytentiostat.main import main
 
 main()
+
+
+def print_version():
+    """Print the version of the pytentiostat package."""
+    try:
+        pkg_version = version("pytentiostat")
+        print(f"Pytentiostat version: {pkg_version}")
+    except PackageNotFoundError:
+        print("Error: pytentiostat package is not installed.")
+
+
+def main():
+    # Set up argument parsing
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Pytentiostat Command Line Interface"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--version",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Show the version of pytentiostat",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--help",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Show the help message for pytentiostat",
+    )
+
+    # Parse the arguments
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Check if the version flag is set
+    if args.version:
+        print_version()
+    else:
+        main()