Argument Parsing with node.js

1-readme.md

Argument Parsing with node.js

and the great modules: minimist and subarg

2-node_arguments.js

var chalk = require('chalk');

if (require.main === module) {
  console.log(chalk.inverse("process.argv(slice2);"), process.argv.slice(2));
  console.log(chalk.inverse("require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2));"), require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2)));
  console.log(chalk.inverse("require('subarg')(process.argv.slice(2));"), require('subarg')(process.argv.slice(2)));
}

/*
Output:

io:glint-tasks andineck$ node arguments.js --hello world -abc c1 nothing new here --sub [stuff -xyz q]
process.argv(slice2); [ '--hello',
  'world',
  '-abc',
  'c1',
  'nothing',
  'new',
  'here',
  '--sub',
  '[stuff',
  '-xyz',
  'q]' ]
require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2)); { _: [ 'nothing', 'new', 'here' ],
  hello: 'world',
  a: true,
  b: true,
  c: 'c1',
  sub: '[stuff',
  x: true,
  y: true,
  z: 'q]' }
require('subarg')(process.argv.slice(2)); { _: [ 'nothing', 'new', 'here' ],
  hello: 'world',
  a: true,
  b: true,
  c: 'c1',
  sub: { _: [ 'stuff' ], x: true, y: true, z: 'q' } }
io:glint-tasks andineck$ 



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