args

command line argument parser

Given a string (the "command line") it splits into words separated by white spaces, respecting quotes (single and double) and the escape character (backslash)

Installation

$ go get github.com/gobs/args

Documentation

http://godoc.org/github.com/gobs/args

Example

import "github.com/gobs/args"

s := `one two three "double quotes" 'single quotes' arg\ with\ spaces "\"quotes\" in 'quotes'" '"quotes" in \'quotes'"`

for i, arg := range GetArgs(s) {
	fmt.Println(i, arg)
}

You can also "parse" the arguments and divide them in "options" and "parameters":

import "github.com/gobs/args"

s := "-l --number=42 -where=here -- -not-an-option- one two three"
parsed := ParseArgs(s)

fmt.Println("options:", parsed.Options)
fmt.Println("arguments:", parsed.Arguments)

Or parse using flag.FlagSet:

import "github.com/gobs/args"

s := "-l --number=42 -where=here -- -not-an-option- one two three"
flags := args.NewFlags("test")

list := flags.Bool("l", false, "list something")
num := flags.Int("number", 0, "a number option")
where := flags.String("where", "", "a string option")

flags.Usage()

args.ParseFlags(flags, s)

fmt.Println("list:", *list)
fmt.Println("num:", *num)
fmt.Println("where:", *where)
fmt.Println("args:", flags.Args())