docs: def cli_hash(list_of_kv):
      """Parse out a hash from a list of key=value strings"""
      ev_obj = {}
      for extra_var in list_of_kv:
          ev_list = extra_var.split('=')
          key = ev_list[0]
          val = '='.join(ev_list[1:])  # b64 and other side effects
          ev_obj[key] = val
  
      return ev_obj