package arg import ( "fmt" "io" "os" "path/filepath" "reflect" "strings" ) // Fail prints usage information to stderr and exits with non-zero status func (p *Parser) Fail(msg string) { p.WriteUsage(os.Stderr) fmt.Println("error:", msg) os.Exit(-1) } // WriteUsage writes usage information to the given writer func (p *Parser) WriteUsage(w io.Writer) { var positionals, options []*spec for _, spec := range p.spec { if spec.positional { positionals = append(positionals, spec) } else { options = append(options, spec) } } fmt.Fprintf(w, "usage: %s", filepath.Base(os.Args[0])) // write the option component of the usage message for _, spec := range options { // prefix with a space fmt.Fprint(w, " ") if !spec.required { fmt.Fprint(w, "[") } fmt.Fprint(w, synopsis(spec, "--"+spec.long)) if !spec.required { fmt.Fprint(w, "]") } } // write the positional component of the usage message for _, spec := range positionals { // prefix with a space fmt.Fprint(w, " ") up := strings.ToUpper(spec.long) if spec.multiple { fmt.Fprintf(w, "[%s [%s ...]]", up, up) } else { fmt.Fprint(w, up) } } fmt.Fprint(w, "\n") } // WriteHelp writes the usage string followed by the full help string for each option func (p *Parser) WriteHelp(w io.Writer) { var positionals, options []*spec for _, spec := range p.spec { if spec.positional { positionals = append(positionals, spec) } else { options = append(options, spec) } } p.WriteUsage(w) // write the list of positionals if len(positionals) > 0 { fmt.Fprint(w, "\npositional arguments:\n") for _, spec := range positionals { fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s\n", spec.long) } } // write the list of options if len(options) > 0 { fmt.Fprint(w, "\noptions:\n") const colWidth = 25 for _, spec := range options { left := " " + synopsis(spec, "--"+spec.long) if spec.short != "" { left += ", " + synopsis(spec, "-"+spec.short) } fmt.Fprint(w, left) if spec.help != "" { if len(left)+2 < colWidth { fmt.Fprint(w, strings.Repeat(" ", colWidth-len(left))) } else { fmt.Fprint(w, "\n"+strings.Repeat(" ", colWidth)) } fmt.Fprint(w, spec.help) } fmt.Fprint(w, "\n") } } } func synopsis(spec *spec, form string) string { if spec.dest.Kind() == reflect.Bool { return form } else { return form + " " + strings.ToUpper(spec.long) } }