FLEX.HELPCMD.D1

FLEX                                                                CMS MODULE
 
CMS port of the GNU FLEX command. The fast lexical analyser generator.
Generates programs that perform pattern-matching on text.
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| FLEX     | [options] fileid1 ... fileidn                                   |
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where:
fileid1 ... fileidn
        must be entered on the command line using "." to separate the
        components, for example.
 
        profile.exec.a
 
Options:
 
Table Compression:
    -Ca, --align
           trade off larger tables for better memory alignment
 
    -Ce, --ecs
           construct equivalence classes
 
    -Cf    do not compress tables; use -f representation
 
    -CF    do not compress tables; use -F representation
 
    -Cm, --meta-ecs
           construct meta-equivalence classes
 
    -Cr, --read
           use read() instead of stdio for scanner input
 
    -f, --full
           generate fast, large scanner. Same as -Cfr
 
    -F, --fast
           use alternate table representation. Same as -CFr
 
    -Cem   default compression (same as --ecs --meta-ecs)
 
Debugging:
    -d, --debug
           enable debug mode in scanner
 
    -b, --backup
           write backing-up information to lex.backup
 
    -p, --perf-report
           write performance report to stderr
 
    -s, --nodefault
           suppress default rule to ECHO unmatched text
 
    -T, --trace
           flex should run in trace mode
 
    -w, --nowarn
           do not generate warnings
 
    -v, --verbose
           write summary of scanner statistics to stdout
 
    --hex  use hexadecimal numbers instead of octal in debug outputs
 
FILES
    -o, --outfile=FILE
           specify output filename
 
    -S, --skel=FILE
           specify skeleton file
 
    -t, --stdout
           write scanner on stdout instead of lex.yy.c
 
    --yyclass=NAME
           name of C++ class
 
    --header-file=FILE
           create a C header file in addition to the scanner
 
    --tables-file[=FILE] write tables to FILE
 
Scanner behavior:
    -7, --7bit
           generate 7-bit scanner
 
    -8, --8bit
           generate 8-bit scanner
 
    -B, --batch
           generate batch scanner (opposite of -I)
 
    -i, --case-insensitive
           ignore case in patterns
 
    -l, --lex-compat
           maximal compatibility with original lex
 
    -X, --posix-compat
           maximal compatibility with POSIX lex
 
    -I, --interactive
           generate interactive scanner (opposite of -B)
 
    --yylineno
           track line count in yylineno
 
Generated code:
    -+,  --c++
           generate C++ scanner class
 
    -Dmacro[=defn]
           #define macro defn  (default defn is '1')
 
    -L,  --noline
           suppress #line directives in scanner
 
    -P,  --prefix=STRING
           use STRING as prefix instead of "yy"
 
    -R,  --reentrant
           generate a reentrant C scanner
 
    --bison-bridge
           scanner for bison pure parser.
 
    --bison-locations
           include yylloc support.
 
    --stdinit
           initialize yyin/yyout to stdin/stdout
 
    --nounistd
           do not include <unistd.h>
 
    --noFUNCTION
           do not generate a particular FUNCTION
 
Miscellaneous:
    -c     do-nothing POSIX option
 
    -n     do-nothing POSIX option
 
    -?
 
    -h, --help
           produce this help message
 
    -V, --version
           report flex version