NAME
Getopt::Long::Util - Utilities for Getopt::Long
VERSION
This document describes version 0.894 of Getopt::Long::Util (from Perl distribution Getopt-Long-Util), released on 2021-07-10.
CONTRIBUTOR
Steven Haryanto <sharyanto@cpan.org>
FUNCTIONS
detect_getopt_long_script
Usage:
detect_getopt_long_script(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]
Detect whether a file is a Getopt::Long-based CLI script.
The criteria are:
the file must exist and readable;
(optional, if
include_noexec
is false) file must have its executable mode bit set;content must start with a shebang
#!
;either: must be perl script (shebang line contains 'perl') and must contain something like
use Getopt::Long
;
This function is not exported by default, but exportable.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
filename => str
Path to file to be checked.
include_noexec => bool (default: 1)
Include scripts that do not have +x mode bit set.
string => buf
String to be checked.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional metadata.
Return value: (any)
gen_getopt_long_spec_from_getopt_std_spec
Usage:
gen_getopt_long_spec_from_getopt_std_spec(%args) -> hash
Generate Getopt::Long spec from Getopt::Std spec.
This function is not exported by default, but exportable.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
is_getopt => bool
Whether to assume spec is for getopt() or getopts().
By default spec is assumed to be for getopts() instead of getopt(). This means that for a spec like
abc:
,a
andb
don't take argument whilec
does. But ifis_getopt
is true, the meaning of:
is reversed:a
andb
take arguments whilec
doesn't.spec* => str
Getopt::Std spec string.
Return value: (hash)
humanize_getopt_long_opt_spec
Usage:
humanize_getopt_long_opt_spec( [ \%optional_named_args ] , $optspec) -> str
Convert Getopt::Long option specification into a more human-friendly notation that is suitable for including in help/usage text, for example:
help|h|? -> --help, -h, -?
help|h|? -> --help | -h | -? (if you provide 'separator')
--foo=s -> --foo=s
--foo=s -> --foo=somelabel (if you provide 'value_label')
--foo:s -> --foo[=s]
--foo=s@ -> --foo=s+
--foo=s% -> --foo key=value
--foo=s -> --foo=somelabel (if you provide 'value_label')
--debug! -> --(no)debug
Will die if can't parse the optspec string.
This function is not exported by default, but exportable.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
extended => bool
If set to true, will return a hash of multiple formats instead of a single plaintext format.
key_label => str (default: "key")
$optspec* => str
separator => str (default: ", ")
value_label => str
Return value: (str)
parse_getopt_long_opt_spec
Usage:
parse_getopt_long_opt_spec($optspec) -> hash
Parse a single Getopt::Long option specification.
Examples:
Example #1:
parse_getopt_long_opt_spec("help|h|?"); # -> { dash_prefix => "", opts => ["help", "h", "?"] }
Example #2:
parse_getopt_long_opt_spec("--foo=s"); # -> { dash_prefix => "--", desttype => "", opts => ["foo"], type => "s" }
Will produce a hash with some keys:
is_arg
(if true, then option specification is the special<>
for argument callback)opts
(array of option names, in the order specified in the opt spec)type
(string, type name)desttype
(either '', or '@' or '%'),is_neg
(true for--opt!
)is_inc
(true for--opt+
)min_vals
(int, usually 0 or 1)max_vals
(int, usually 0 or 1 except for option that requires multiple values)
Will return undef if it can't parse the string.
This function is not exported by default, but exportable.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
$optspec* => str
Return value: (hash)
HOMEPAGE
Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Getopt-Long-Util.
SOURCE
Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Getopt-Long-Util.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Getopt-Long-Util
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.
SEE ALSO
Getopt::Long::Spec, which can also parse Getopt::Long spec into hash as well as transform back the hash to Getopt::Long spec. OO interface. I should've found this module first before writing my own parse_getopt_long_opt_spec()
. But at least currently parse_getopt_long_opt_spec()
is at least about 30-100+% faster than Getopt::Long::Spec::Parser, has a much simpler implementation (a single regex match), and can handle valid Getopt::Long specs that Getopt::Long::Spec::Parser fails to parse, e.g. foo|f=s@
.
AUTHOR
perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2021, 2020, 2016, 2015, 2014 by perlancar@cpan.org.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.