// Import the optparse script require.paths.unshift(__dirname); //make local paths accessible var optparse = require('lib/optparse'); var sys= require('sys'); // Define some options var SWITCHES = [ ['-i', '--include-file FILE', "Includes a file"], ['-p', '--print [MESSAGE]', "Prints an optional message on screen"], ['-d', '--debug', "Enables debug mode"], ['-H', '--help', "Shows this help section"], ['--date DATE', "A date. A date is expected E.G. 2009-01-14"], ['--number NUMBER', "A Number. Supported formats are 123, 123.123, 0xA123"], ['--other NAME', "No handler defined for this option. Will be handled by the wildcard handler."], ]; // Create a new OptionParser with defined switches var parser = new optparse.OptionParser(SWITCHES), print_summary = true, first_arg; parser.banner = 'Usage: nodejs-test.js [options]'; // Internal variable to store options. var options = { debug: true, files: [], number: undefined, date: undefined }; // Handle the first argument (switches excluded) parser.on(0, function(value) { first_arg = value; }); // Handle the --include-file switch parser.on('include-file', function(value) { options.files.push(value); }); // Handle the --print switch parser.on('print', function(value) { sys.puts('PRINT: ' + (value || 'No message entered')); }); // Handle the --date switch parser.on('date', function(value) { options.date = value; }); // Handle the --number switch parser.on('number', function(value) { options.number = value; }); // Handle the --debug switch parser.on('debug', function() { options.debug = true; }); // Handle the --help switch parser.on('help', function() { sys.puts(parser.toString()); print_summary = false; }); // Set a default handler parser.on('*', function(opt, value) { sys.puts('wild handler for ' + opt + ', value=' + value); }); // Parse command line arguments parser.parse(process.ARGV); if(print_summary) { sys.puts("First non-switch argument is: " + first_arg); // Output all files that was included. sys.puts("No of files to include: " + options.files.length); for(var i = 0; i < options.files.length; i++) { sys.puts("File [" + (i + 1) + "]:" + options.files[i]); } // Is debug-mode enabled? sys.puts("Debug mode is set to: " + options.debug); sys.puts("Number value is: " + options.number); sys.puts("Date value is: " + options.date); }