CLI::Base

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CLI::Base is a quick-and-dirty CLI framework for Ruby. Need a command-line interface without the ceremony? Just subclass CLI::Base and define methods — writer methods (=) become options, query methods (?) become flags, and nested classes become subcommands. No DSL to learn.

Think of it as a COM (Command-to-Object Mapper).

require 'cli/base'

class MyCLI < CLI::Base
  # Require LIBRARY before executing your script.
  def require=(lib)
    require lib
  end
  alias :r= :require=

  # Include PATH in $LOAD_PATH.
  def include=(path)
    $:.unshift path
  end
  alias :I= :include=

  # Run in DEBUG mode.
  def debug?
    $DEBUG = true
  end

  # Show this message.
  def help?
    puts self
    exit
  end
  alias :h? :help?

  # Run the command.
  def main(script)
    load(script)
  end
end

That's it. The comments above each method become the help text automatically.

Copyright (c) 2008 Thomas Sawyer, Rubyworks

Distributed under the terms of the BSD-2-Clause license.

See COPYING.rdoc for details.