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NAME

App::Console::CommandScript -

SYNOPSIS

  #!/usr/bin/perl -w
    
  package Local::App;
  use strict;
  use Data::OrderedHash;
  use base 'App::Console::CommandScript';
    
  our %USAGE = ();
    
  sub new {
    my $self = shift->SUPER::new();
    $self;
  }
    
  $USAGE{'test'} = {
    summary => 'My test command',
    params => Data::OrderedHash->new(
      '<param>' => 'This is a required parameter',
      '-foo' => 'This is an option',
    ),
  };
    
  sub test {
    my $self = shift;
    my $opts = my_opts(\@_);
    my $param = shift;
    my $foo = $opts->{foo} || 'unset';
    $self->printf("You passed in '%s' and -foo is '%s'\n", $param, $foo)
  };
    
  1;
    
  package main;
  Local::App->new()->exec(@ARGV);

EXPORTS

Nothing exported by default

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

    Error
    Error::Simple
    Error::Programatic
    Perl::Module
    Data::Hub::Util
    App::Console::Color

DESCRIPTION

This package faciltates writing command-line scripts. The base class method exec looks to your package for the %USAGE hash to display command usage and glean the required syntax. A command is simply a method which exists in your package.

If the above example were placed in an executable file name 'mycmd.pl', then:

  $ ./mycmd.pl
    
  usage:
    mycmd.pl -help [command]
    mycmd.pl <command> [arguments] [options]
  commands:
    test       My test command
    
  $ ./mycmd.pl -help test
    
  usage:
    mycmd.pl test <param> [options]
  where:
    <param>    This is a required parameter
  options:
    -quiet     Suppress errors and warnings
    -foo       This is an option

Notice the global option -quiet which affects the base methods

  print
  printf
  err_print
  err_printf
  fail

PUBLIC INTERFACE

exec

Invoke the subroutine in the derived class, or display help

warn

print

printf

$spec may contain color conversions (See App::Console::Color)

err_print

err_printf

$spec may contain color conversions (See App::Console::Color)

fail

Exit the program with an optional message

When @messages are provided (and not -quiet), die is called and help verbiage is appened. Otherwise exit is called with a value of 1.

quit

Exit the program (not trappable) with an optional message

The @messages are not written to STDERR if -quiet is enabled.

AUTHORS

    Ryan Gies <ryangies@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

    Copyright (C) 2014-2016 by Ryan Gies. All rights reserved.
    Copyright (C) 2006-2013 by Livesite Networks, LLC. All rights reserved.
    Copyright (C) 2000-2005 by Ryan Gies. All rights reserved.
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