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# getopt | ||
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A Go `getopt`. | ||
Package `getopt` provides a zero-dependency Go implementation of the Unix getopt function for parsing command-line options. | ||
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The `getopt` package supports parsing options using the POSIX convention, supporting short options (e.g., `-a`) and option arguments. It also supports GNU extensions, including support for long options (e.g., `--option`), options with optional arguments, and permuting non-option parameters. | ||
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## Install | ||
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``` | ||
go get github.com/jon-codes/getopt | ||
``` | ||
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## Usage | ||
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This package emulates the C `getopt` function, but uses a state machine to encapsulate variables (instead of the global `optind`, `optopt`, `optarg` used in C). Rather than implement a high-level interface for defining CLI flags, it aims to implement an accurate emulation of C `getopt` that can be used by higher-level tools. | ||
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Collect all options into a slice: | ||
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```go | ||
state := getopt.NewState(os.Args) | ||
config := getopt.Config{Opts: getopt.OptStr(`ab:c::`)} | ||
opts, err := state.Parse(config) | ||
``` | ||
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Iterate over each option for finer control: | ||
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```go | ||
state := getopt.NewState(os.Args) | ||
config := getopt.Config{Opts: getopt.OptStr(`ab:c::`)} | ||
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for opt, err := range state.All(config) { | ||
if err != nil { | ||
break | ||
} | ||
switch opt.Char { | ||
case 'a': | ||
fmt.Printf("Found opt a\n") | ||
case 'b': | ||
fmt.Printf("Found opt b with arg %s\n", opt.OptArg) | ||
case 'c': | ||
fmt.Printf("Found opt c") | ||
if opt.OptArg != "" { | ||
fmt.Printf(" with arg %s", opt.OptArg) | ||
} | ||
fmt.Printf("\n") | ||
} | ||
} | ||
``` | ||
# Behavior | ||
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This package uses [GNU libc] as a reference for behavior, since many expect the | ||
non-standard features it provides. | ||
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It supports the same configuration options as the GNU options via [Mode](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#Mode): | ||
- [ModeGNU](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#ModeGNU): enables default behavior. | ||
- [ModePosix](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#ModePosix): enables the '+' compatibility mode, disabling permuting arguments and terminating parsing on the first parameter. | ||
- [ModeInOrder](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#ModeInOrder): enables the '-' optstring prefix mode, treating all parameters as though they were arguments to an option with character code 1. | ||
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The specific libc function that is emulated can be configured via [Func](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#Func): | ||
- [FuncGetOpt](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#FuncGetOpt): parse only traditional POSIX short options (e.g., -a). | ||
- [FuncGetOptLong](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#FuncGetOptLong): parse short options, and GNU extension long options (e.g., | ||
--option). | ||
- [FuncGetOptLongOnly](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt#FuncGetOptLongOnly): parse short and long options, but allow long options to begin with a single dash (like [pkg/flag](https://pkg.go.dev/flag)). | ||
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The parser differs from GNU libc's getopt in the following ways: | ||
- It accepts multi-byte runes in short and long option definitions. | ||
- This package does not implement the same argument permutation as GNU libc. | ||
The value of OptInd and order of arguments mid-parsing may differ, and only | ||
the final order is validated against the GNU implementation. | ||
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## API Documentation | ||
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The full API documentation can be found at [pkg.go.dev](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jon-codes/getopt). | ||
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## Acknowledgements | ||
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The algorithm for permuting arguments is from [musl-libc](https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/COPYRIGHT), and is used under the linked MIT License: | ||
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| Copyright © 2005-2020 Rich Felker, et al. |
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