https://github.com/UnixJunkie/minicli

Minimalist OCaml library for command line parsing
https://github.com/UnixJunkie/minicli

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Minimalist OCaml library for command line parsing

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/UnixJunkie/minicli
• Owner: UnixJunkie
• License: other
• Created: 2017-08-15T08:53:21.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-10-07T06:59:40.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-28T15:45:44.232Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: cli, command-line-interface, command-line-parsing, minimalist, ocaml-library
• Language: OCaml
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• Size: 27.3 KB
• Stars: 31
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Minicli

Minimalist OCaml library for command line parsing.

Look into the test.ml file for usage examples/quickstart.

> "Minicli: because the UNIX command-line is to the computer scientist

> what latin and greek are to the linguist"

# Example session with the test program

    # _build/default/test.exe

    usage:

    _build/default/test.exe {-i|--input}  {-o|--output}  -n  -x  [-v] [--hi ]

    # _build/default/test.exe -i

    Fatal error: exception Minicli__CLI.No_param_for_option("-i")

    # _build/default/test.exe -i input.txt

    Fatal error: exception Minicli__CLI.Option_is_mandatory("-o")

    # _build/default/test.exe -i input.txt -o output.txt

    Fatal error: exception Minicli__CLI.Option_is_mandatory("-n")

    # _build/default/test.exe -i input.txt -o output.txt -n /dev/null

    Fatal error: exception Minicli__CLI.Not_an_int("/dev/null")

    # _build/default/test.exe -i input.txt -o output.txt -n 123

    Fatal error: exception Minicli__CLI.Option_is_mandatory("-x")

    # _build/default/test.exe -i input.txt -o output.txt -n 123 -x /dev/null

    Fatal error: exception Minicli__CLI.Not_a_float("/dev/null")

    # _build/default/test.exe -i input.txt -o output.txt -n 123 -x 0.123

    i: input.txt o: output.txt n: 123 x: 0.123000 v: false

    # _build/default/test.exe -i input.txt -o output.txt -n 123 -x 0.123 -v

    i: input.txt o: output.txt n: 123 x: 0.123000 v: true

    # _build/default/test.exe -i input.txt -o output.txt -n 123 -x 0.123 -v -i input.bin

    Fatal error: exception Minicli__CLI.More_than_once("-i, --input")

    # _build/default/test.exe --toto titi -i input.txt -o output.txt -n 123 -x 0.123 -v -y 42

    Fatal error: exception Minicli__CLI.Unused_options("--toto,-y")

# Bibliography

Stephenson, N. (1999). In the beginning... was the command line. New York: Avon books.