Command Args

Super simple command arguments parser for C++. Yeah, there are quite a few already in existence, but I made this for a particular purpose, ended up using it quite a bit so it's worth it at this point to put it up on GitHub so I can download it from multiple points.

Build Status

Notes

There are a few bugs here and there, notably there are a few instances where there are null arguments that I'd like to pass but it's easy enough to get around by adding an explicit boolean.

Compiling is super simple

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../cmdargs
make
sudo make install

which installs all the library code and header files in the appropriate /usr/local prefix. I've used on both OS X and Linux, I'll check to see if it works on Windows when I get a chance.

Simple Example

CmdArgs  cmd( argv[ 0 ],
              std::cout,
              std::cerr );

bool help( false );

cmd.addOption( new Option< bool >( help,
                                    "-h",
                                    "Print this message",
                                    false ) );
bool printHeader( false );
cmd.addOption( new Option< bool >( printHeader,
                                    "-header",
                                    "Print the header and exit" ) );


cmd.addOption( new Option< std::string >( filename,
                                          "-f",
                                          "Set the output file name",
                                          true /** make this arg mandatory **/ ) );

cmd.addOption( new Option< int64_t >( length, 
                                      "-l",
                                      "Length of run" ) );
cmd.addOption( new Option< int64_t >( buff_size,
                                      "-b",
                                      "Buffer size" ) );

cmd.addOption( new Option< int64_t >( repeat,
                                      "-r",
                                      "Number of times to repeat simulation" ) );

/** give object command line **/
cmd.processArgs( argc, argv );

/** handle the user needing help **/
if( help )
{
   cmd.printArgs();
   exit( EXIT_SUCCESS );
}
/** 
 * to check and see if all mandatory args are set, add this code
 * which will print all mandatory args that are missing.
 */
if(! cmd.allMandatorySet() )
{ 
   //exit since well, mandatory args missing
   exit( EXIT_FAILURE );
}

Enjoy, feel free to update, copy or fix as you feel the need to.