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NAME

Perinci::CmdLine::Classic - Rinci/Riap-based command-line application framework

VERSION

This document describes version 1.816 of Perinci::CmdLine::Classic (from Perl distribution Perinci-CmdLine-Classic), released on 2021-08-06.

SYNOPSIS

In gen-random-num script:

use Perinci::CmdLine::Classic;

our %SPEC;

$SPEC{gen_random_num} = {
    v => 1.1,
    summary => 'Generate some random numbers',
    args => {
        count => {
            summary => 'How many numbers to generate',
            schema => ['int*' => min=>0],
            default => 1,
            cmdline_aliases=>{n=>{}},
            req => 1,
            pos => 0,
        },
        min => {
            summary => 'Lower limit of random number',
            schema => 'float*',
            default => 0,
        },
        max => {
            summary => 'Upper limit of random number',
            schema => 'float*',
            default => 1,
        },
    },
    result_naked => 1,
};
sub gen_random_num {
    my %args = @_;

    my @res;
    for (1..$args{count}) {
        push @res, $args{min} + rand()*($args{max}-$args{min});
    }
    \@res;
}

Perinci::CmdLine::Classic->new(url => '/main/gen_random_num')->run;

Run your script:

% ./gen-random-num
0.999473691060306

% ./gen-random-num --min 1 --max 10 5
1.27390166158969
1.69077475473679
8.97748327778684
5.86943773494068
8.34341298182493

JSON output support out of the box:

% ./gen-random-num -n3 --json
[200,"OK (envelope added by Perinci::Access::Lite)",[0.257073684902029,0.393782991540746,0.848740540017513],{}]

Automatic help message:

% ./gen-random-num -h
gen-random-num - Generate some random numbers

Usage:
  gen-random-num --help (or -h, -?)
  gen-random-num --version (or -v)
  gen-random-num [options] [count]
Options:
  --config-path=s     Set path to configuration file
  --config-profile=s  Set configuration profile to use
  --count=i, -n       How many numbers to generate (=arg[0]) [1]
  --format=s          Choose output format, e.g. json, text [undef]
  --help, -h, -?      Display this help message
  --json              Set output format to json
  --max=f             Upper limit of random number [1]
  --min=f             Lower limit of random number [0]
  --naked-res         When outputing as JSON, strip result envelope [0]
  --no-config         Do not use any configuration file
  --version, -v

Automatic configuration file support:

% cat ~/gen-random-num.conf
count=5
max=0.01

% ./gen-random-num
0.00105268954838724
0.00701443611501844
0.0021247476506154
0.00813872824513005
0.00752832346491306

Automatic tab completion support:

% complete -C gen-random-num gen-random-num
% gen-random-num --mi<tab>

See Perinci::CmdLine::Manual for details on other available features (subcommands, automatic formatting of data structures, automatic schema validation, dry-run mode, automatic POD generation, remote function support, automatic CLI generation, automatic --version, automatic HTTP API, undo/transactions, configurable output format, logging, progress bar, colors/Unicode, and more).

DESCRIPTION

Perinci::CmdLine is a command-line application framework. It allows you to create full-featured CLI applications easily and quickly.

See Perinci::CmdLine::Manual for more details.

There is also a blog post series on Perinci::CmdLine tutorial: https://perlancar.wordpress.com/category/pericmd-tut/

Perinci::CmdLine::Classic is the heavier backend implementation which supports some extra features currently not supported by the default backend implementation Perinci::CmdLine::Lite. These features come at some startup overhead cost and more dependencies. You normally should use Perinci::CmdLine::Any instead to be able to switch backend on the fly.

Screenshots:


Autogenerated help message


Autogenerated help message (verbose mode)


Progress bar


Tab completion


Some output formats


Undo/redo

REQUEST KEYS

See also Perinci::CmdLine::Base. Extra stuffs put by this module to the $r hash/stash.

  • format_options => hash

RESULT METADATA

All those supported by Perinci::CmdLine::Base, plus:

x.hint.result_binary => bool

If set to true, then when formatting to text formats, this class won't print any newline to keep the data being printed unmodified.

CONTRIBUTOR

Steven Haryanto <sharyanto@cpan.org>

ATTRIBUTES

All the attributes of Perinci::CmdLine::Base, plus:

use_utf8 => BOOL

From Term::App::Role::Attrs (please see its docs for more details). There are several other attributes added by the role.

undo => BOOL (optional, default 0)

Whether to enable undo/redo functionality. Some things to note if you intend to use undo:

  • These common command-line options will be recognized

    --undo, --redo, --history, --clear-history.

  • Transactions will be used

    use_tx=>1 will be passed to Perinci::Access, which will cause it to initialize the transaction manager. Riap requests begin_tx and commit_tx will enclose the call request to function.

  • Called function will need to support transaction and undo

    Function which does not meet qualifications will refuse to be called.

    Exception is when subcommand is specified with undo=>0, where transaction will not be used for that subcommand. For an example of disabling transaction for some subcommands, see bin/u-trash in the distribution.

undo_dir => STR (optional, default ~/.<program_name>/.undo)

Where to put undo data. This is actually the transaction manager's data dir.

METHODS

All the methods of Perinci::CmdLine::Base, plus:

ENVIRONMENT

All the environment variables that Perinci::CmdLine::Base supports, plus:

PERINCI_CMDLINE_COLOR_THEME => STR

Can be used to set color_theme.

PROGRESS => BOOL

Explicitly turn the progress bar on/off.

COLOR => INT

Please see Term::App::Role::Attrs.

UTF8 => BOOL

Please see Term::App::Role::Attrs.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Perinci-CmdLine-Classic.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Perinci-CmdLine-Classic.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Perinci-CmdLine-Classic

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SEE ALSO

Perinci::CmdLine::Any, Perinci::CmdLine::Lite.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.