--- Simple command-line parsing using human-readable specification. -- Supports GNU-style parameters. --
--      lapp = require 'pl.lapp'
--      local args = lapp [[
--      Does some calculations
--        -o,--offset (default 0.0)  Offset to add to scaled number
--        -s,--scale  (number)  Scaling factor
--         <number> (number )  Number to be scaled
--      ]]
--
--      print(args.offset + args.scale * args.number)
-- 
-- Lines begining with '-' are flags; there may be a short and a long name; -- lines begining wih '<var>' are arguments. Anything in parens after -- the flag/argument is either a default, a type name or a range constraint. --

See the Guide -- @class module -- @name pl.lapp local status,sip = pcall(require,'pl.sip') if not status then sip = require 'sip' end local match = sip.match_at_start local append,tinsert = table.insert,table.insert --[[ module('pl.lapp') ]] local function lines(s) return s:gmatch('([^\n]*)\n') end local function lstrip(str) return str:gsub('^%s+','') end local function strip(str) return lstrip(str):gsub('%s+$','') end local function at(s,k) return s:sub(k,k) end local function isdigit(s) return s:find('^%d+$') == 1 end local lapp = {} local open_files,parms,aliases,parmlist,usage,windows,script lapp.callback = false -- keep Strict happy local filetypes = { stdin = {io.stdin,'file-in'}, stdout = {io.stdout,'file-out'}, stderr = {io.stderr,'file-out'} } --- controls whether to dump usage on error. -- Defaults to true lapp.show_usage_error = true --- quit this script immediately. -- @param msg optional message -- @param no_usage suppress 'usage' display function lapp.quit(msg,no_usage) if msg then io.stderr:write(msg..'\n\n') end if not no_usage then io.stderr:write(usage) end os.exit(1); end --- print an error to stderr and quit. -- @param msg a message -- @param no_usage suppress 'usage' display function lapp.error(msg,no_usage) if not lapp.show_usage_error then no_usage = true end lapp.quit(script..':'..msg,no_usage) end --- open a file. -- This will quit on error, and keep a list of file objects for later cleanup. -- @param file filename -- @param opt same as second parameter of io.open function lapp.open (file,opt) local val,err = io.open(file,opt) if not val then lapp.error(err,true) end append(open_files,val) return val end --- quit if the condition is false. -- @param condn a condition -- @param msg an optional message function lapp.assert(condn,msg) if not condn then lapp.error(msg) end end local function range_check(x,min,max,parm) lapp.assert(min <= x and max >= x,parm..' out of range') end local function xtonumber(s) local val = tonumber(s) if not val then lapp.error("unable to convert to number: "..s) end return val end local function is_filetype(type) return type == 'file-in' or type == 'file-out' end local types local function convert_parameter(ps,val) if ps.converter then val = ps.converter(val) end if ps.type == 'number' then val = xtonumber(val) elseif is_filetype(ps.type) then val = lapp.open(val,(ps.type == 'file-in' and 'r') or 'w' ) elseif ps.type == 'boolean' then val = true end if ps.constraint then ps.constraint(val) end return val end --- add a new type to Lapp. These appear in parens after the value like -- a range constraint, e.g. ' (integer) Process PID' -- @param name name of type -- @param converter either a function to convert values, or a Lua type name. -- @param constraint optional function to verify values, should use lapp.error -- if failed. function lapp.add_type (name,converter,constraint) types[name] = {converter=converter,constraint=constraint} end local function force_short(short) lapp.assert(#short==1,short..": short parameters should be one character") end local function process_default (sval) local val = tonumber(sval) if val then -- we have a number! return val,'number' elseif filetypes[sval] then local ft = filetypes[sval] return ft[1],ft[2] else if sval:match '^["\']' then sval = sval:sub(2,-2) end return sval,'string' end end --- process a Lapp options string. -- Usually called as lapp(). -- @param str the options text -- @return a table with parameter-value pairs function lapp.process_options_string(str) local results = {} local opts = {at_start=true} local varargs open_files = {} parms = {} aliases = {} parmlist = {} types = {} local function check_varargs(s) local res,cnt = s:gsub('^%.%.%.%s*','') return res, (cnt > 0) end local function set_result(ps,parm,val) if not ps.varargs then results[parm] = val else if not results[parm] then results[parm] = { val } else append(results[parm],val) end end end usage = str for line in lines(str) do local res = {} local optspec,optparm,i1,i2,defval,vtype,constraint,rest line = lstrip(line) local function check(str) return match(str,line,res) end -- flags: either '-', '-,--' or '--' if check '-$v{short}, --$v{long} $' or check '-$v{short} $' or check '--$v{long} $' then if res.long then optparm = res.long if res.short then aliases[res.short] = optparm end else optparm = res.short end if res.short then force_short(res.short) end res.rest, varargs = check_varargs(res.rest) elseif check '$<{name} $' then -- is it ? -- so becomes input_file ... optparm,rest = res.name:match '([^%.]+)(.*)' optparm = optparm:gsub('%A','_') varargs = rest == '...' append(parmlist,optparm) end if res.rest then -- this is not a pure doc line line = res.rest res = {} -- do we have (default ) or ()? if match('$({def} $',line,res) or match('$({def}',line,res) then local typespec = strip(res.def) if match('default $',typespec,res) then defval,vtype = process_default(res[1]) elseif match('$f{min}..$f{max}',typespec,res) then local min,max = res.min,res.max vtype = 'number' constraint = function(x) range_check(x,min,max,optparm) end else -- () just contains type of required parameter vtype = typespec end else -- must be a plain flag, no extra parameter required defval = false vtype = 'boolean' end local ps = { type = vtype, defval = defval, required = defval == nil, comment = res.rest or optparm, constraint = constraint, varargs = varargs } varargs = nil if types[vtype] then local converter = types[vtype].converter if type(converter) == 'string' then ps.type = converter else ps.converter = converter end ps.constraint = types[vtype].constraint end parms[optparm] = ps end end -- cool, we have our parms, let's parse the command line args local iparm = 1 local iextra = 1 local i = 1 local parm,ps,val while i <= #arg do local theArg = arg[i] local res = {} -- look for a flag, - or -- if match('--$v{long}',theArg,res) or match('-$v{short}',theArg,res) then if res.long then -- long option parm = res.long elseif #res.short == 1 then parm = res.short else local parmstr = res.short parm = at(parmstr,1) if isdigit(at(parmstr,2)) then -- a short option followed by a digit is an exception (for AW;)) -- push ahead into the arg array tinsert(arg,i+1,parmstr:sub(2)) else -- push multiple flags into the arg array! for k = 2,#parmstr do tinsert(arg,i+k-1,'-'..at(parmstr,k)) end end end if parm == 'h' or parm == 'help' then lapp.quit() end if aliases[parm] then parm = aliases[parm] end else -- a parameter parm = parmlist[iparm] if not parm then -- extra unnamed parameters are indexed starting at 1 parm = iextra ps = { type = 'string' } parms[parm] = ps iextra = iextra + 1 else ps = parms[parm] end if not ps.varargs then iparm = iparm + 1 end val = theArg end ps = parms[parm] if not ps then lapp.error("unrecognized parameter: "..parm) end if ps.type ~= 'boolean' then -- we need a value! This should follow if not val then i = i + 1 val = arg[i] end lapp.assert(val,parm.." was expecting a value") end ps.used = true val = convert_parameter(ps,val) set_result(ps,parm,val) if is_filetype(ps.type) then set_result(ps,parm..'_name',theArg) end if lapp.callback then lapp.callback(parm,theArg,res) end i = i + 1 val = nil end -- check unused parms, set defaults and check if any required parameters were missed for parm,ps in pairs(parms) do if not ps.used then if ps.required then lapp.error("missing required parameter: "..parm) end set_result(ps,parm,ps.defval) end end return results end if arg then script = arg[0]:gsub('.+[\\/]',''):gsub('%.%a+$','') else script = "inter" end setmetatable(lapp, { __call = function(tbl,str) return lapp.process_options_string(str) end, }) return lapp