code: def _parse_arguments():
    
    # Handle version flag and exit if it was passed.
    param_util.handle_version_flag()
  
    parser = provider_base.create_parser(sys.argv[0])
  
    parser.add_argument(
        '--version', '-v', default=False, help='Print the dsub version and exit.')
  
    parser.add_argument(
        '--jobs',
        '-j',
        required=True,
        nargs='*',
        help='List of job-ids to delete. Use "*" to delete all running jobs.')
    parser.add_argument(
        '--tasks',
        '-t',
        nargs='*',
        help='List of tasks in an array job to delete.')
    parser.add_argument(
        '--users',
        '-u',
        nargs='*',
        default=[],
        help="""Deletes only those jobs which were submitted by the list of users.
            Use "*" to delete jobs of any user.""")
    parser.add_argument(
        '--age',
        help="""Deletes only those jobs newer than the specified age. Ages can be
            listed using a number followed by a unit. Supported units are
            s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), d (days), w (weeks).
            For example: '7d' (7 days). Bare numbers are treated as UTC.""")
    parser.add_argument(
        '--label',
        nargs='*',
        action=param_util.ListParamAction,
        default=[],
        help='User labels to match. Tasks returned must match all labels.',
        metavar='KEY=VALUE')
  
    # Shared arguments between the "google" and "google-v2" providers
    google_common = parser.add_argument_group(
        title='google-common',
        description='Options common to the "google" and "google-v2" providers')
    google_common.add_argument(
        '--project',
        help='Cloud project ID in which to find and delete the job(s)')
  
    return provider_base.parse_args(
        parser, {
            'google': ['project'],
            'google-v2': ['project'],
            'test-fails': [],
            'local': [],
        }, sys.argv[1:])
docs: Parses command line arguments.
  
    Returns:
      A Namespace of parsed arguments.