luaposix 36.2.1 Reference

getopt.lua

#! /usr/bin/env lua

local getopt = require 'posix.unistd'.getopt


local last_index = 1
for r, optarg, optind in getopt(arg, 'ha:s:') do
   if r == '?' then
      return print('unrecognized option', arg[optind -1])
   end
   last_index = optind
   if r == 'h' then
      print '-h      print this help text'
      print '-a ARG  a flag with required argument'
      print '-s ARG  a different flag with a required argument'
   elseif r == 'a' or r == 's' then
      print('we were passed', r, optarg)
   end
end

for i = last_index, #arg do
   print(i, arg[i])
end

luaposix 36.2.1

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getopt.lua