Crate getopts

Simple getopt alternative.

Construct instance of Options and configure it by using reqopt(), optopt() and other methods that add option configuration. Then call parse() method and pass into it a vector of actual arguments (not including argv[0]).

You’ll either get a failure code back, or a match. You’ll have to verify whether the amount of ‘free’ arguments in the match is what you expect. Use opt_* accessors to get argument values out of the matches object.

Single-character options are expected to appear on the command line with a single preceding dash; multiple-character options are expected to be proceeded by two dashes. Options that expect an argument accept their argument following either a space or an equals sign. Single-character options don’t require the space. Everything after double-dash “–” argument is considered to be a ‘free’ argument, even if it starts with dash.

Usage

This crate is on crates.io and can be used by adding getopts to the dependencies in your project’s Cargo.toml.

[dependencies]
getopts = "0.2"

and this to your crate root:

extern crate getopts;

Example

The following example shows simple command line parsing for an application that requires an input file to be specified, accepts an optional output file name following -o, and accepts both -h and --help as optional flags.

extern crate getopts;
use getopts::Options;
use std::env;

fn do_work(inp: &str, out: Option<String>) {
    println!("{}", inp);
    match out {
        Some(x) => println!("{}", x),
        None => println!("No Output"),
    }
}

fn print_usage(program: &str, opts: Options) {
    let brief = format!("Usage: {} FILE [options]", program);
    print!("{}", opts.usage(&brief));
}

fn main() {
    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
    let program = args[0].clone();

    let mut opts = Options::new();
    opts.optopt("o", "", "set output file name", "NAME");
    opts.optflag("h", "help", "print this help menu");
    let matches = match opts.parse(&args[1..]) {
        Ok(m) => { m }
        Err(f) => { panic!("{}", f.to_string()) }
    };
    if matches.opt_present("h") {
        print_usage(&program, opts);
        return;
    }
    let output = matches.opt_str("o");
    let input = if !matches.free.is_empty() {
        matches.free[0].clone()
    } else {
        print_usage(&program, opts);
        return;
    };
    do_work(&input, output);
}

Structs

Matches

The result of checking command line arguments. Contains a vector of matches and a vector of free strings.

Options

A description of the options that a program can handle.

Enums

Fail

The type returned when the command line does not conform to the expected format. Use the Debug implementation to output detailed information.

HasArg

Describes whether an option has an argument.

Occur

Describes how often an option may occur.

ParsingStyle

What parsing style to use when parsing arguments.

Type Aliases

Result

The result of parsing a command line with a set of options.