pico Arguments Library

Yet another barebone command line arguments library

Usage

$3

``javascript
var defaults={
name: ['{DEFAULT_NAME}','{DESCRIPTION}'],
n:'@name'
}
`
this is the default for
`
CMD --name xyz
`
or
`
CMD -n xyz
`

$3

supported 4 datatypes: string, boolean, number and object/array
to set string type
`javascript
var defaults={
str: ['default','default str is "default"'],
s:'@str'
}
`
to set boolean type
`javascript
var defaults={
bool: [false,'default bool is false'],
b:'@bool'
}
`
set it to true
`
CMD -b # or CMD --bool
`
set it to false
`
CMD -B # or CMD --BOOL
`
to set number type
`javascript
var defaults={
float: [0,'default float is 0'],
f:'@float'
}
`
to set object type
`javascript
var defaults={
obj: [{foo:"bar"},'default obj is {foo:"bar"}'],
o:'@obj'
}
`
or
`javascript
var defaults={
obj: [['foo','bar'],'default obj is ["foo","bar"]'],
o:'@obj'
}
`
`
CMD -o '{"hello":"world"}' #or CMD --obj '{"hello":"world"}'
`

$3

`javascript
var
args=require('pico-args'),
options=args.parse(defaults)

console.log(options.name)
console.log(options.n)
`


$3


this function requires pico-common module
`javascript
args.print('{TITLE}',options)
`

$3

this function requires pico-common module
`javascript
args.usage(defaults)
`

$3

single character arguments can be string in one word
`javascript
var defaults={
a:[true,'flag a'],
b:[false,'flag b'],
c:[true,'flag c'],
d:['/opt/','path']
}
`
`
CMD -Abcd '~/src'
``