// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. /* The flag package implements command-line flag parsing. Usage: 1) Define flags using flag.String(), Bool(), Int(), etc. Example: import "flag" var ip *int = flag.Int("flagname", 1234, "help message for flagname") If you like, you can bind the flag to a variable using the Var() functions. var flagvar int func init() { flag.IntVar(&flagvar, "flagname", 1234, "help message for flagname") } Or you can create custom flags that satisfy the Value interface (with pointer receivers) and couple them to flag parsing by flag.Var(&flagVal, "name", "help message for flagname") For such flags, the default value is just the initial value of the variable. 2) After all flags are defined, call flag.Parse() to parse the command line into the defined flags. 3) Flags may then be used directly. If you're using the flags themselves, they are all pointers; if you bind to variables, they're values. fmt.Println("ip has value ", *ip); fmt.Println("flagvar has value ", flagvar); 4) After parsing, flag.Arg(i) is the i'th argument after the flags. Args are indexed from 0 up to flag.NArg(). Command line flag syntax: -flag -flag=x -flag x // non-boolean flags only One or two minus signs may be used; they are equivalent. The last form is not permitted for boolean flags because the meaning of the command cmd -x * will change if there is a file called 0, false, etc. You must use the -flag=false form to turn off a boolean flag. Flag parsing stops just before the first non-flag argument ("-" is a non-flag argument) or after the terminator "--". Integer flags accept 1234, 0664, 0x1234 and may be negative. Boolean flags may be 1, 0, t, f, true, false, TRUE, FALSE, True, False. */ package flag import ( "fmt" "os" "strconv" ) // -- Bool Value type boolValue bool func newBoolValue(val bool, p *bool) *boolValue { *p = val return (*boolValue)(p) } func (b *boolValue) Set(s string) bool { v, err := strconv.Atob(s) *b = boolValue(v) return err == nil } func (b *boolValue) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%v", *b) } // -- Int Value type intValue int func newIntValue(val int, p *int) *intValue { *p = val return (*intValue)(p) } func (i *intValue) Set(s string) bool { v, err := strconv.Atoi(s) *i = intValue(v) return err == nil } func (i *intValue) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%v", *i) } // -- Int64 Value type int64Value int64 func newInt64Value(val int64, p *int64) *int64Value { *p = val return (*int64Value)(p) } func (i *int64Value) Set(s string) bool { v, err := strconv.Atoi64(s) *i = int64Value(v) return err == nil } func (i *int64Value) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%v", *i) } // -- Uint Value type uintValue uint func newUintValue(val uint, p *uint) *uintValue { *p = val return (*uintValue)(p) } func (i *uintValue) Set(s string) bool { v, err := strconv.Atoui(s) *i = uintValue(v) return err == nil } func (i *uintValue) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%v", *i) } // -- uint64 Value type uint64Value uint64 func newUint64Value(val uint64, p *uint64) *uint64Value { *p = val return (*uint64Value)(p) } func (i *uint64Value) Set(s string) bool { v, err := strconv.Atoui64(s) *i = uint64Value(v) return err == nil } func (i *uint64Value) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%v", *i) } // -- string Value type stringValue string func newStringValue(val string, p *string) *stringValue { *p = val return (*stringValue)(p) } func (s *stringValue) Set(val string) bool { *s = stringValue(val) return true } func (s *stringValue) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%s", *s) } // -- Float Value type floatValue float func newFloatValue(val float, p *float) *floatValue { *p = val return (*floatValue)(p) } func (f *floatValue) Set(s string) bool { v, err := strconv.Atof(s) *f = floatValue(v) return err == nil } func (f *floatValue) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%v", *f) } // -- Float64 Value type float64Value float64 func newFloat64Value(val float64, p *float64) *float64Value { *p = val return (*float64Value)(p) } func (f *float64Value) Set(s string) bool { v, err := strconv.Atof64(s) *f = float64Value(v) return err == nil } func (f *float64Value) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%v", *f) } // Value is the interface to the dynamic value stored in a flag. // (The default value is represented as a string.) type Value interface { String() string Set(string) bool } // A Flag represents the state of a flag. type Flag struct { Name string // name as it appears on command line Usage string // help message Value Value // value as set DefValue string // default value (as text); for usage message } type allFlags struct { actual map[string]*Flag formal map[string]*Flag first_arg int // 0 is the program name, 1 is first arg } var flags *allFlags // VisitAll visits the flags, calling fn for each. It visits all flags, even those not set. func VisitAll(fn func(*Flag)) { for _, f := range flags.formal { fn(f) } } // Visit visits the flags, calling fn for each. It visits only those flags that have been set. func Visit(fn func(*Flag)) { for _, f := range flags.actual { fn(f) } } // Lookup returns the Flag structure of the named flag, returning nil if none exists. func Lookup(name string) *Flag { return flags.formal[name] } // Set sets the value of the named flag. It returns true if the set succeeded; false if // there is no such flag defined. func Set(name, value string) bool { f, ok := flags.formal[name] if !ok { return false } ok = f.Value.Set(value) if !ok { return false } flags.actual[name] = f return true } // PrintDefaults prints to standard error the default values of all defined flags. func PrintDefaults() { VisitAll(func(f *Flag) { format := " -%s=%s: %s\n" if _, ok := f.Value.(*stringValue); ok { // put quotes on the value format = " -%s=%q: %s\n" } fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, format, f.Name, f.DefValue, f.Usage) }) } // Usage prints to standard error a default usage message documenting all defined flags. // The function is a variable that may be changed to point to a custom function. var Usage = func() { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Usage of %s:\n", os.Args[0]) PrintDefaults() } var panicOnError = false func fail() { Usage() if panicOnError { panic("flag parse error") } os.Exit(2) } func NFlag() int { return len(flags.actual) } // Arg returns the i'th command-line argument. Arg(0) is the first remaining argument // after flags have been processed. func Arg(i int) string { i += flags.first_arg if i < 0 || i >= len(os.Args) { return "" } return os.Args[i] } // NArg is the number of arguments remaining after flags have been processed. func NArg() int { return len(os.Args) - flags.first_arg } // Args returns the non-flag command-line arguments. func Args() []string { return os.Args[flags.first_arg:] } // BoolVar defines a bool flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The argument p points to a bool variable in which to store the value of the flag. func BoolVar(p *bool, name string, value bool, usage string) { Var(newBoolValue(value, p), name, usage) } // Bool defines a bool flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The return value is the address of a bool variable that stores the value of the flag. func Bool(name string, value bool, usage string) *bool { p := new(bool) BoolVar(p, name, value, usage) return p } // IntVar defines an int flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The argument p points to an int variable in which to store the value of the flag. func IntVar(p *int, name string, value int, usage string) { Var(newIntValue(value, p), name, usage) } // Int defines an int flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The return value is the address of an int variable that stores the value of the flag. func Int(name string, value int, usage string) *int { p := new(int) IntVar(p, name, value, usage) return p } // Int64Var defines an int64 flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The argument p points to an int64 variable in which to store the value of the flag. func Int64Var(p *int64, name string, value int64, usage string) { Var(newInt64Value(value, p), name, usage) } // Int64 defines an int64 flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The return value is the address of an int64 variable that stores the value of the flag. func Int64(name string, value int64, usage string) *int64 { p := new(int64) Int64Var(p, name, value, usage) return p } // UintVar defines a uint flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The argument p points to a uint variable in which to store the value of the flag. func UintVar(p *uint, name string, value uint, usage string) { Var(newUintValue(value, p), name, usage) } // Uint defines a uint flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The return value is the address of a uint variable that stores the value of the flag. func Uint(name string, value uint, usage string) *uint { p := new(uint) UintVar(p, name, value, usage) return p } // Uint64Var defines a uint64 flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The argument p points to a uint64 variable in which to store the value of the flag. func Uint64Var(p *uint64, name string, value uint64, usage string) { Var(newUint64Value(value, p), name, usage) } // Uint64 defines a uint64 flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The return value is the address of a uint64 variable that stores the value of the flag. func Uint64(name string, value uint64, usage string) *uint64 { p := new(uint64) Uint64Var(p, name, value, usage) return p } // StringVar defines a string flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The argument p points to a string variable in which to store the value of the flag. func StringVar(p *string, name, value string, usage string) { Var(newStringValue(value, p), name, usage) } // String defines a string flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The return value is the address of a string variable that stores the value of the flag. func String(name, value string, usage string) *string { p := new(string) StringVar(p, name, value, usage) return p } // FloatVar defines a float flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The argument p points to a float variable in which to store the value of the flag. func FloatVar(p *float, name string, value float, usage string) { Var(newFloatValue(value, p), name, usage) } // Float defines a float flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The return value is the address of a float variable that stores the value of the flag. func Float(name string, value float, usage string) *float { p := new(float) FloatVar(p, name, value, usage) return p } // Float64Var defines a float64 flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The argument p points to a float64 variable in which to store the value of the flag. func Float64Var(p *float64, name string, value float64, usage string) { Var(newFloat64Value(value, p), name, usage) } // Float64 defines a float64 flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The return value is the address of a float64 variable that stores the value of the flag. func Float64(name string, value float64, usage string) *float64 { p := new(float64) Float64Var(p, name, value, usage) return p } // Var defines a user-typed flag with specified name, default value, and usage string. // The argument p points to a Value variable in which to store the value of the flag. func Var(value Value, name string, usage string) { // Remember the default value as a string; it won't change. f := &Flag{name, usage, value, value.String()} _, alreadythere := flags.formal[name] if alreadythere { fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "flag redefined:", name) panic("flag redefinition") // Happens only if flags are declared with identical names } flags.formal[name] = f } func (f *allFlags) parseOne(index int) (ok bool, next int) { s := os.Args[index] f.first_arg = index // until proven otherwise if len(s) == 0 { return false, -1 } if s[0] != '-' { return false, -1 } num_minuses := 1 if len(s) == 1 { return false, index } if s[1] == '-' { num_minuses++ if len(s) == 2 { // "--" terminates the flags return false, index + 1 } } name := s[num_minuses:] if len(name) == 0 || name[0] == '-' || name[0] == '=' { fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "bad flag syntax:", s) fail() } // it's a flag. does it have an argument? has_value := false value := "" for i := 1; i < len(name); i++ { // equals cannot be first if name[i] == '=' { value = name[i+1:] has_value = true name = name[0:i] break } } m := flags.formal flag, alreadythere := m[name] // BUG if !alreadythere { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "flag provided but not defined: -%s\n", name) fail() } if f, ok := flag.Value.(*boolValue); ok { // special case: doesn't need an arg if has_value { if !f.Set(value) { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "invalid boolean value %t for flag: -%s\n", value, name) fail() } } else { f.Set("true") } } else { // It must have a value, which might be the next argument. if !has_value && index < len(os.Args)-1 { // value is the next arg has_value = true index++ value = os.Args[index] } if !has_value { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "flag needs an argument: -%s\n", name) fail() } ok = flag.Value.Set(value) if !ok { fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "invalid value %s for flag: -%s\n", value, name) fail() } } flags.actual[name] = flag return true, index + 1 } // Parse parses the command-line flags. Must be called after all flags are defined // and before any are accessed by the program. func Parse() { for i := 1; i < len(os.Args); { ok, next := flags.parseOne(i) if next > 0 { flags.first_arg = next i = next } if !ok { break } } } // ResetForTesting clears all flag state and sets the usage function as directed. // After calling ResetForTesting, parse errors in flag handling will panic rather // than exit the program. // For testing only! func ResetForTesting(usage func()) { flags = &allFlags{make(map[string]*Flag), make(map[string]*Flag), 1} Usage = usage panicOnError = true } // ParseForTesting parses the flag state using the provided arguments. It // should be called after 1) ResetForTesting and 2) setting up the new flags. // The return value reports whether the parse was error-free. // For testing only! func ParseForTesting(args []string) (result bool) { defer func() { if recover() != nil { result = false } }() os.Args = args Parse() return true } func init() { flags = &allFlags{make(map[string]*Flag), make(map[string]*Flag), 1} }