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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'slop'
opts = Slop.parse do
banner "Usage: ruby foo.rb [options]\n"
on :n, :name, 'Your username', true
on :a, :age, 'Your age (optional)', :optional => true
on :V, :verbose, 'Run in verbose mode', :default => false
on :P, :people, 'Some people', true, :as => Array
on :h, :help, 'Print this help screen' do
puts help
end
end
# ruby foo.rb --name 'Lee Jarvis' -V --people john,phillip,dan
p opts.name? #=> true
p opts[:name] #=> "Lee Jarvis"
p opts.age? #=> false
p opts[:age] #=> nil
p opts.verbose? #=> true
p opts[:people] #=> ["john", "phillip", "dan"]
# grab an Option object
p opts.options[:people].description #=> "Some people"
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