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Laf
Laf

Reputation: 8205

How to support help command-line argument with required arguments in CliBuilder

I am using the CliBuilder to parse command-line arguments for a Groovy script. Among the arguments I have defined, I have one which is mandatory. Is there a way to support a -h,--help argument which would print the command usage without the annoying error message about missing arguments?

For example, running the following Groovy script with only the -h argument:

def cli = new CliBuilder (usage:'test', stopAtNonOption:false)
cli.r (longOpt:'required', required:true, 'Required argument.')
cli.h (longOpt:'help', 'Prints this message')
def options = cli.parse (args)

will generate the output below when it gets to the def options = cli.parse (args) line, and will automatically stop the script execution:

error: Missing required option: r
usage: test
 -h,--help       Prints this message
 -r,--required   Required argument.

I would like to display only the usage when the -h or --help argument is specified, without having to drop the required:true option for my required arguments. Is this possible?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 2340

Answers (1)

dmahapatro
dmahapatro

Reputation: 50245

I may not have understood the question properly, but is

cli.usage()

what you are looking for?

You can do something like below to avoid it:

def options

//or ['-h', '--help'].intersect(args?.toList())
if('-h' in args || '--help' in args) {
    cli.usage() 
} else {
    options = cli.parse (args)
}

Upvotes: 5

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