c:`~click.open_file` to handle opening this value. :param path_type: Convert the incoming path value to this type. If ``None``, keep Python's default, which is ``str``. Useful to convert to :class:`pathlib.Path`. .. versionchanged:: 8.1 Added the ``executable`` parameter. .. versionchanged:: 8.0 Allow passing ``path_type=pathlib.Path``. .. versionchanged:: 6.0 Added the ``allow_dash`` parameter. rq