Equivalent to the main program for the application.

        :param argv: input arguments and options
        :paramtype argv: list of str

def run(self, argv):
        """Equivalent to the main program for the application.

        :param argv: input arguments and options
        :paramtype argv: list of str
        """
        try:
            index = 0
            command_pos = -1
            help_pos = -1
            help_command_pos = -1
            for arg in argv:
                if arg == 'bash-completion' and help_command_pos == -1:
                    self._bash_completion()
                    return 0
                if arg in self.commands[self.api_version]:
                    if command_pos == -1:
                        command_pos = index
                elif arg in ('-h', '--help'):
                    if help_pos == -1:
                        help_pos = index
                elif arg == 'help':
                    if help_command_pos == -1:
                        help_command_pos = index
                index = index + 1
            if command_pos > -1 and help_pos > command_pos:
                argv = ['help', argv[command_pos]]
            if help_command_pos > -1 and command_pos == -1:
                argv[help_command_pos] = '--help'
            self.options, remainder = self.parser.parse_known_args(argv)
            self.configure_logging()
            self.interactive_mode = not remainder
            self.initialize_app(remainder)
        except Exception as err:
            if self.options.verbose_level >= self.DEBUG_LEVEL:
                self.log.exception(err)
                raise
            else:
                self.log.error(err)
            return 1
        if self.interactive_mode:
            _argv = [sys.argv[0]]
            sys.argv = _argv
            return self.interact()
        return self.run_subcommand(remainder)