Re: Displaying the entered command-line options as parsed by clibuilder

Hi Merlin,

thanks for sharing G-)

Cheers,
mg

On 16/01/2024 16:42, Merlin Beedell wrote:
>
> I thought this might be useful… I wanted an easy way to print the 
> parameters passed to groovy CliBuilder.
>
> Unlike the usage() method that prints the ‘how to use’ 
> (header/parameter options/footer), I just wanted to print the final 
> parsed value set.
>
> (Perhaps something like this could be incorporated into CliBuilder’s 
> OptionAccessor - a pretty print method?)
> It turns out to be a one liner [for basic single args] and 1 more for 
> additional args.  For example…
>
> def cli = new CliBuilder(usage:'''Cryoserver Export to PST''', footer:'''
>
> V1.0 MGB Jul 2020.''')
>
> cli.i(longOpt:'input', args:1, required: true, argName:'filepath', 
> type:File, 'a directory containing Cryoserver Export zip files')
>
> cli.o(longOpt:'output', args:1, required: true, argName:'filepath', 
> type:File, 'output into this directory')
>
> cli.d(longOpt:'depth',args:1, required: false, argName:'number', 
> type:int, defaultValue: '1', 'levels of subdirectories to traverse. 
> Default 1.')
>
> cli.m(longOpt:'max',args:1, required: false, argName:'number', 
> type:int, defaultValue: '50000', 'Max num mails per pst. Default 50000.')
>
> cli.t(longOpt:'threads',args:1, required: false, argName:'number', 
> type:int, defaultValue: '4', 'number of threads. Default 4.')
>
> cli.w(longOpt:'wrapped', args:0, required: false, defaultValue:false, 
> 'Include Wrapper? Default = false (strip any wrapper)')
>
> cli.x(longOpt:'filefilter', args:1, required: false, argName:'regex', 
> defaultValue: fileMatch, "a regex to select required export files. 
> default = $fileMatch")
>
> cli.'?'(longOpt:'help', 'help')
>
> def opts = cli.parse(['-i','b','-o','c', 'plus', 'more'])
>
> if (!opts) { //if invalid opts then it prints usage by default
>
> return
>
> }
>
> *cli.options.options.each {println "-$it.option(${it.longOpt}) = 
> ${opts[(it.option)]}"}*
>
> *if (opts.arguments()) {println opts.arguments()}*
>
> prints (note – args are in the same order as defined):
>
> -i(input) = b
>
> -o(output) = c
>
> -d(depth) = 1
>
> -m(max) = 50000
>
> -t(threads) = 4
>
> -w(wrapped) = false
>
> -x(filefilter) = .*
>
> -?(help) = false
>
> [Plus, more]
>
> Merlin Beedell
>