def check_cli_verbose(default=3):
    """Check for presence of `--verbose`/`--quiet` or `-v`/`-q` without using argparse."""
    args = sys.argv[1:]
    verbose = default + args.count("--verbose") - args.count("--quiet")

    for arg in args:
        if arg.startswith("-") and not arg.startswith("--"):
            verbose += arg[1:].count("v")
            verbose -= arg[1:].count("q")
    return verbose