easy-cli

Java library for easy command line argument parsing

License	MIT
Categories	CLI User Interface
GroupId	com.github.pravejos
ArtifactId	easy-cli
Last Version	1.2.0
Release Date	Dec 22, 2020
Type	pom.sha512
Description	easy-cli Java library for easy command line argument parsing
Project URL	https://github.com/pravejos/easy-cli
Source Code Management	https://github.com/pravejos/easy-cli

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easy-cli-1.2.0.pom
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easy-cli-1.2.0-javadoc.jar	395 KB

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Overview

easy-cli is a java library for easy command line argument parsing. It can also print help message which shows the options available for the command line tool.

It is annotation based, which makes it easier to define and use the parsed arguments.

Features:

• Open source
• Easy to use
• Supports different types of options
  • Short and long options (e.g. ls -r and ls --reverse)
    • POSIX like options (e.g. ls -ltr Test.java)
    • GNU like long options (e.g. ls --reverse --format=commas)
  • With space separator between the option and value (e.g. --option value or -o value)
• Generates help message

A sample help message displayed by the library is shown below

Usage: java [JavaOptions] <mainclass> [OPTIONS] [PARAMETERS]
   or  java [JavaOptions] -jar <jarfile> [OPTIONS] [PARAMETERS]

Options:
  -E, --extended-regexp PATTERNS are extended regular expressions (default "false")
  -F, --fixed-strings PATTERNS are strings (default "false")
  -e, --regexp        use PATTERNS for matching
  -f, --file          take PATTERNS from FILE
  -i, --ignore-case   ignore case distinctions in patterns and data (default "false")
  -m, --max-count     stop after NUM selected lines

Parameters:
  Param1 (Mandatory) contain multiple patterns separated by newlines
  Param2 File (1) to check the pattern (default ".")
  Param3 File (2) to check the pattern
  Param4 File (3) to check the pattern

Versions

Version
1.2.0 Dec 22, 2020
1.1.0 Dec 22, 2020
1.0.0 Jun 22, 2020