1Getopt::Usaginator(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationGetopt::Usaginator(3)
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NAME

6       Getopt::Usaginator - Conjure up a usage function for your applications
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VERSION

9       version 0.0012
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SYNOPSIS

12           use Getopt::Usaginator <<_END_;
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14               Usage: xyzzy <options>
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16               --derp          Derp derp derp
17               --durp          Durp durp durp
18               -h, --help      This usage
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20           _END_
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22           # The 'usage' subroutine is now installed
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24           ...
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26           $options = parse_options( @ARGV ); # Not supplied by Usaginator
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28           usage if $options{help}; # Print usage and exit with status 0
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30           if ( ! $options{derp} ) {
31               # Print warning and usage and exit with status -1
32               usage "You should really derp";
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35           if ( $options{durp} ) {
36               # Print warning and usage and exit with status 2
37               usage 2 => "--durp is not ready yet";
38           }
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40           ...
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42           usage 3 # Print usage and exit with status 3
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DESCRIPTION

45       Getopt::Usaginator is a tool for creating a handy usage subroutine for
46       commandline applications
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48       It does not do any option parsing, but is best paired with Getopt::Long
49       or any of the other myriad of option parsers
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USAGE

52   use Getopt::Usaginator <usage>
53       Install a "usage" subroutine configured with the <usage> text
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55   $code = Getopt::Usaginator->usaginator( <usage> )
56       Return a subroutine configured with the <usage> text
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59       More advanced usage is possible, peek under the hood for more
60       information
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62           perldoc -m Getopt::Usaginator
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64       An example:
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66           use Getopt::Usaginator
67               # Called with the error
68               error => sub { ... },
69               # Called when usage printing is needed
70               usage => sub { ... },
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An example with Getopt::Long parsing

75           use Getopt::Usaginator ...
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77           sub run {
78               my $self = shift;
79               my @arguments = @_;
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81               usage 0 unless @arguments;
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83               my ( $help );
84               {
85                   local @ARGV = @arguments;
86                   GetOptions(
87                       'help|h|?' => \$help,
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89               }
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91               usage 0 if $help;
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93               ...
94           }
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AUTHOR

97         Robert Krimen <robertkrimen@gmail.com>
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100       This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Robert Krimen.
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102       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
103       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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107perl v5.36.0                      2022-07-22             Getopt::Usaginator(3)
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