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cli.go

cli.go is simple, fast, and fun package for building command line apps in Go. The goal is to enable developers to write fast and distributable command line applications in an expressive way.

You can view the API docs here: http://godoc.org/github.com/codegangsta/cli

Overview

Command line apps are usually so tiny that there is absolutely no reason why your code should not be self-documenting. Things like generating help text and parsing command flags/options should not hinder productivity when writing a command line app.

This is where cli.go comes into play. cli.go makes command line programming fun, organized, and expressive!

Installation

Make sure you have a working Go environment (go 1.1 is required). See the install instructions.

To install cli.go, simply run:

$ go get github.com/codegangsta/cli

Make sure your PATH includes to the $GOPATH/bin directory so your commands can be easily used:

export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

Getting Started

One of the philosophies behind cli.go is that an API should be playful and full of discovery. So a cli.go app can be as little as one line of code in main().

package main

import (
  "os"
  "github.com/codegangsta/cli"
)

func main() {
  cli.NewApp().Run(os.Args)
}

This app will run and show help text, but is not very useful. Let's give an action to execute and some help documentation:

package main

import (
  "os"
  "github.com/codegangsta/cli"
)

func main() {
  app := cli.NewApp()
  app.Name = "boom"
  app.Usage = "make an explosive entrance"
  app.Action = func(c *cli.Context) {
    println("boom! I say!")
  }
  
  app.Run(os.Args)
}

Running this already gives you a ton of functionality, plus support for things like subcommands and flags, which are covered below.

Example

Being a programmer can be a lonely job. Thankfully by the power of automation that is not the case! Let's create a greeter app to fend off our demons of loneliness!

/* greet.go */
package main

import (
  "os"
  "github.com/codegangsta/cli"
)

func main() {
  app := cli.NewApp()
  app.Name = "greet"
  app.Usage = "fight the loneliness!"
  app.Action = func(c *cli.Context) {
    println("Hello friend!")
  }
  
  app.Run(os.Args)
}

Install our command to the $GOPATH/bin directory:

$ go install

Finally run our new command:

$ greet
Hello friend!

cli.go also generates some bitchass help text:

$ greet help
NAME:
    greet - fight the loneliness!

USAGE:
    greet [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
    0.0.0

COMMANDS:
    help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS
    --version	Shows version information
Arguments

You can lookup arguments by calling the Args function on cli.Context.

...
app.Action = func(c *cli.Context) {
  println("Hello", c.Args()[0])
}
...
Flags

Setting and querying flags is simple.

...
app.Flags = []cli.Flag {
  cli.StringFlag{"lang", "english", "language for the greeting"},
}
app.Action = func(c *cli.Context) {
  name := "someone"
  if len(c.Args()) > 0 {
    name = c.Args()[0]
  }
  if c.String("lang") == "spanish" {
    println("Hola", name)
  } else {
    println("Hello", name)
  }
}
...
Alternate Names

You can set alternate (or short) names for flags by providing a comma-delimited list for the Name. e.g.

app.Flags = []cli.Flag {
  cli.StringFlag{"lang, l", "english", "language for the greeting"},
}

That flag can then be set with --lang spanish or -l spanish. Note that giving two different forms of the same flag in the same command invocation is an error.

Subcommands

Subcommands can be defined for a more git-like command line app.

...
app.Commands = []cli.Command{
  {
    Name:      "add",
    ShortName: "a",
    Usage:     "add a task to the list",
    Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
      println("added task: ", c.Args().First())
    },
  },
  {
    Name:      "complete",
    ShortName: "c",
    Usage:     "complete a task on the list",
    Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
      println("completed task: ", c.Args().First())
    },
  },
  {
    Name:      "template",
    ShortName: "r",
    Usage:     "options for task templates",
    Subcommands: []cli.Command{
      {
        Name:  "add",
        Usage: "add a new template",
        Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
            println("new task template: ", c.Args().First())
        },
      },
      {
        Name:  "remove",
        Usage: "remove an existing template",
        Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
          println("removed task template: ", c.Args().First())
        },
      },
    },
  },     
}
...
Bash Completion

You can enable completion commands by setting the EnableBashCompletion flag on the App object. By default, this setting will only auto-complete to show an app's subcommands, but you can write your own completion methods for the App or its subcommands.

...
var tasks = []string{"cook", "clean", "laundry", "eat", "sleep", "code"}
app := cli.NewApp()
app.EnableBashCompletion = true
app.Commands = []cli.Command{
  {
    Name: "complete",
    ShortName: "c",
    Usage: "complete a task on the list",
    Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
       println("completed task: ", c.Args().First())
    },
    BashComplete: func(c *cli.Context) {
      // This will complete if no args are passed
      if len(c.Args()) > 0 {
        return
      }
      for _, t := range tasks {
        println(t)
      }
    },
  }
}
...
To Enable

Source the autocomplete/bash_autocomplete file in your .bashrc file while setting the PROG variable to the name of your program:

PROG=myprogram source /.../cli/autocomplete/bash_autocomplete

About

cli.go is written by none other than the Code Gangsta

Documentation

Overview

Package cli provides a minimal framework for creating and organizing command line Go applications. cli is designed to be easy to understand and write, the most simple cli application can be written as follows: 

func main() {
  cli.NewApp().Run(os.Args)
}

Of course this application does not do much, so let's make this an actual application: 

func main() {
  app := cli.NewApp()
  app.Name = "greet"
  app.Usage = "say a greeting"
  app.Action = func(c *cli.Context) {
    println("Greetings")
  }

  app.Run(os.Args)
}
Example 
package main

import (
	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	app := cli.NewApp()
	app.Name = "todo"
	app.Usage = "task list on the command line"
	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
		{
			Name:      "add",
			ShortName: "a",
			Usage:     "add a task to the list",
			Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
				println("added task: ", c.Args().First())
			},
		},
		{
			Name:      "complete",
			ShortName: "c",
			Usage:     "complete a task on the list",
			Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
				println("completed task: ", c.Args().First())
			},
		},
	}

	app.Run(os.Args)
}

Output:

Index

Examples

Constants

This section is empty.

Variables

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var AppHelpTemplate = `` /* 296-byte string literal not displayed */

The text template for the Default help topic. cli.go uses text/template to render templates. You can render custom help text by setting this variable.

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var BashCompletionFlag = BoolFlag{"generate-bash-completion", ""}

This flag enables bash-completion for all commands and subcommands

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var CommandHelpTemplate = `` /* 174-byte string literal not displayed */

The text template for the command help topic. cli.go uses text/template to render templates. You can render custom help text by setting this variable.

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var HelpFlag = BoolFlag{"help, h", "show help"}

This flag prints the help for all commands and subcommands

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var HelpPrinter = printHelp

Prints help for the App

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var SubcommandHelpTemplate = `` /* 263-byte string literal not displayed */

The text template for the subcommand help topic. cli.go uses text/template to render templates. You can render custom help text by setting this variable.

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var VersionFlag = BoolFlag{"version, v", "print the version"}

This flag prints the version for the application

Functions

func DefaultAppComplete 

func DefaultAppComplete(c *Context)

Prints the list of subcommands as the default app completion method

func ShowAppHelp 

func ShowAppHelp(c *Context)

func ShowCommandCompletions 

func ShowCommandCompletions(ctx *Context, command string)

Prints the custom completions for a given command

func ShowCommandHelp 

func ShowCommandHelp(c *Context, command string)

Prints help for the given command

func ShowCompletions 

func ShowCompletions(c *Context)

Prints the lists of commands within a given context

func ShowSubcommandHelp 

func ShowSubcommandHelp(c *Context)

Prints help for the given subcommand

func ShowVersion 

func ShowVersion(c *Context)

Prints the version number of the App

Types

type App 

type App struct {
	// The name of the program. Defaults to os.Args[0]
	Name string
	// Description of the program.
	Usage string
	// Version of the program
	Version string
	// List of commands to execute
	Commands []Command
	// List of flags to parse
	Flags []Flag
	// Boolean to enable bash completion commands
	EnableBashCompletion bool
	// An action to execute when the bash-completion flag is set
	BashComplete func(context *Context)
	// An action to execute before any subcommands are run, but after the context is ready
	// If a non-nil error is returned, no subcommands are run
	Before func(context *Context) error
	// The action to execute when no subcommands are specified
	Action func(context *Context)
	// Execute this function if the proper command cannot be found
	CommandNotFound func(context *Context, command string)
	// Compilation date
	Compiled time.Time
	// Author
	Author string
	// Author e-mail
	Email string
}

App is the main structure of a cli application. It is recomended that and app be created with the cli.NewApp() function

Example 
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
)

func main() {
	// set args for examples sake
	os.Args = []string{"greet", "--name", "Jeremy"}

	app := cli.NewApp()
	app.Name = "greet"
	app.Flags = []cli.Flag{
		cli.StringFlag{Name: "name", Value: "bob", Usage: "a name to say"},
	}
	app.Action = func(c *cli.Context) {
		fmt.Printf("Hello %v\n", c.String("name"))
	}
	app.Run(os.Args)
}

Output:

Hello Jeremy

func NewApp 

func NewApp() *App

Creates a new cli Application with some reasonable defaults for Name, Usage, Version and Action.

func (*App) Command 

func (a *App) Command(name string) *Command

Returns the named command on App. Returns nil if the command does not exist

func (*App) Run 

func (a *App) Run(arguments []string) error

Entry point to the cli app. Parses the arguments slice and routes to the proper flag/args combination

func (*App) RunAsSubcommand 

func (a *App) RunAsSubcommand(ctx *Context) error

Invokes the subcommand given the context, parses ctx.Args() to generate command-specific flags

type Args 

type Args []string

func (Args) First 

func (a Args) First() string

Returns the first argument, or else a blank string

func (Args) Get 

func (a Args) Get(n int) string

Returns the nth argument, or else a blank string

func (Args) Present 

func (a Args) Present() bool

Checks if there are any arguments present

func (Args) Tail 

func (a Args) Tail() []string

Return the rest of the arguments (not the first one) or else an empty string slice

type BoolFlag 

type BoolFlag struct {
	Name  string
	Usage string
}

func (BoolFlag) Apply 

func (f BoolFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet)

func (BoolFlag) String 

func (f BoolFlag) String() string

type BoolTFlag 

type BoolTFlag struct {
	Name  string
	Usage string
}

func (BoolTFlag) Apply 

func (f BoolTFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet)

func (BoolTFlag) String 

func (f BoolTFlag) String() string

type Command 

type Command struct {
	// The name of the command
	Name string
	// short name of the command. Typically one character
	ShortName string
	// A short description of the usage of this command
	Usage string
	// A longer explanation of how the command works
	Description string
	// The function to call when checking for bash command completions
	BashComplete func(context *Context)
	// An action to execute before any sub-subcommands are run, but after the context is ready
	// If a non-nil error is returned, no sub-subcommands are run
	Before func(context *Context) error
	// The function to call when this command is invoked
	Action func(context *Context)
	// List of child commands
	Subcommands []Command
	// List of flags to parse
	Flags []Flag
	// Treat all flags as normal arguments if true
	SkipFlagParsing bool
}

Command is a subcommand for a cli.App.

func (Command) HasName 

func (c Command) HasName(name string) bool

Returns true if Command.Name or Command.ShortName matches given name

func (Command) Run 

func (c Command) Run(ctx *Context) error

Invokes the command given the context, parses ctx.Args() to generate command-specific flags

type Context 

type Context struct {
	App     *App
	Command Command
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Context is a type that is passed through to each Handler action in a cli application. Context can be used to retrieve context-specific Args and parsed command-line options.

func NewContext 

func NewContext(app *App, set *flag.FlagSet, globalSet *flag.FlagSet) *Context

Creates a new context. For use in when invoking an App or Command action.

func (*Context) Args 

func (c *Context) Args() Args

Returns the command line arguments associated with the context.

func (*Context) Bool 

func (c *Context) Bool(name string) bool

Looks up the value of a local bool flag, returns false if no bool flag exists

func (*Context) BoolT 

func (c *Context) BoolT(name string) bool

Looks up the value of a local boolT flag, returns false if no bool flag exists

func (*Context) Float64 

func (c *Context) Float64(name string) float64

Looks up the value of a local float64 flag, returns 0 if no float64 flag exists

func (*Context) Generic 

func (c *Context) Generic(name string) interface{}

Looks up the value of a local generic flag, returns nil if no generic flag exists

func (*Context) GlobalBool 

func (c *Context) GlobalBool(name string) bool

Looks up the value of a global bool flag, returns false if no bool flag exists

func (*Context) GlobalGeneric 

func (c *Context) GlobalGeneric(name string) interface{}

Looks up the value of a global generic flag, returns nil if no generic flag exists

func (*Context) GlobalInt 

func (c *Context) GlobalInt(name string) int

Looks up the value of a global int flag, returns 0 if no int flag exists

func (*Context) GlobalIntSlice 

func (c *Context) GlobalIntSlice(name string) []int

Looks up the value of a global int slice flag, returns nil if no int slice flag exists

func (*Context) GlobalString 

func (c *Context) GlobalString(name string) string

Looks up the value of a global string flag, returns "" if no string flag exists

func (*Context) GlobalStringSlice 

func (c *Context) GlobalStringSlice(name string) []string

Looks up the value of a global string slice flag, returns nil if no string slice flag exists

func (*Context) Int 

func (c *Context) Int(name string) int

Looks up the value of a local int flag, returns 0 if no int flag exists

func (*Context) IntSlice 

func (c *Context) IntSlice(name string) []int

Looks up the value of a local int slice flag, returns nil if no int slice flag exists

func (*Context) IsSet 

func (c *Context) IsSet(name string) bool

Determines if the flag was actually set exists

func (*Context) String 

func (c *Context) String(name string) string

Looks up the value of a local string flag, returns "" if no string flag exists

func (*Context) StringSlice 

func (c *Context) StringSlice(name string) []string

Looks up the value of a local string slice flag, returns nil if no string slice flag exists

type Flag 

type Flag interface {
	fmt.Stringer
	// Apply Flag settings to the given flag set
	Apply(*flag.FlagSet)
	// contains filtered or unexported methods
}

Flag is a common interface related to parsing flags in cli. For more advanced flag parsing techniques, it is recomended that this interface be implemented.

type Float64Flag 

type Float64Flag struct {
	Name  string
	Value float64
	Usage string
}

func (Float64Flag) Apply 

func (f Float64Flag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet)

func (Float64Flag) String 

func (f Float64Flag) String() string

type Generic 

type Generic interface {
	Set(value string) error
	String() string
}

Generic is a generic parseable type identified by a specific flag

type GenericFlag 

type GenericFlag struct {
	Name  string
	Value Generic
	Usage string
}

GenericFlag is the flag type for types implementing Generic

func (GenericFlag) Apply 

func (f GenericFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet)

func (GenericFlag) String 

func (f GenericFlag) String() string

type IntFlag 

type IntFlag struct {
	Name  string
	Value int
	Usage string
}

func (IntFlag) Apply 

func (f IntFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet)

func (IntFlag) String 

func (f IntFlag) String() string

type IntSlice 

type IntSlice []int

func (*IntSlice) Set 

func (f *IntSlice) Set(value string) error

func (*IntSlice) String 

func (f *IntSlice) String() string

func (*IntSlice) Value 

func (f *IntSlice) Value() []int

type IntSliceFlag 

type IntSliceFlag struct {
	Name  string
	Value *IntSlice
	Usage string
}

func (IntSliceFlag) Apply 

func (f IntSliceFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet)

func (IntSliceFlag) String 

func (f IntSliceFlag) String() string

type StringFlag 

type StringFlag struct {
	Name  string
	Value string
	Usage string
}

func (StringFlag) Apply 

func (f StringFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet)

func (StringFlag) String 

func (f StringFlag) String() string

type StringSlice 

type StringSlice []string

func (*StringSlice) Set 

func (f *StringSlice) Set(value string) error

func (*StringSlice) String 

func (f *StringSlice) String() string

func (*StringSlice) Value 

func (f *StringSlice) Value() []string

type StringSliceFlag 

type StringSliceFlag struct {
	Name  string
	Value *StringSlice
	Usage string
}

func (StringSliceFlag) Apply 

func (f StringSliceFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet)

func (StringSliceFlag) String 

func (f StringSliceFlag) String() string

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