go-cli

A Go based line editor and command line interface.

The line editing code is a port of the C based linenoise library.

See: http://github.com/antirez/linenoise

The line editor can be used standalone. The CLI makes use of the line editor.

Line Editing Features

• single line editing
• multiline editing
• input from files/pipes
• input from unsupported terminals
• history
• completions
• hints
• line buffer initialization: Set an initial buffer string for editing.
• hot keys: Set a special hot key for exiting line editing.
• loop functions: Call a function in a loop until an exit key is pressed.

CLI Features

• hierarchical menus
• command tab completion
• command history
• context sensitive help
• command editing

Examples

./examples/line/main.go

Matches the example code in the C version of the linenoise library.

./examples/cli/main.go

Implements an example of a heirarchical command line interface.