diff --git a/cmd/cordctl.go b/cmd/cordctl.go
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+/*
+ * Portions copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+ * Original copyright 2019-present Ciena Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package main
+
+import (
+	flags "github.com/jessevdk/go-flags"
+	"github.com/opencord/cordctl/commands"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	parser := flags.NewNamedParser(path.Base(os.Args[0]), flags.Default|flags.PassAfterNonOption)
+	_, err := parser.AddGroup("Global Options", "", &commands.GlobalOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	commands.RegisterModelCommands(parser)
+	commands.RegisterServiceCommands(parser)
+	commands.RegisterTransferCommands(parser)
+	commands.RegisterVersionCommands(parser)
+
+	_, err = parser.ParseArgs(os.Args[1:])
+	if err != nil {
+		_, ok := err.(*flags.Error)
+		if ok {
+			real := err.(*flags.Error)
+			if real.Type == flags.ErrHelp {
+				return
+			}
+		} else {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}