.. index:: single: command_line_options .. _command_line_options/0:

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command_line_options

Command line options parsing predicates. Uses object-based option specifications with the command_line_option category.

| Availability: | logtalk_load(command_line_options(loader))

| Author: Marcus Uneson and Paulo Moura | Version: 1:0:0 | Date: 2026-02-20

| Compilation flags: | static, context_switching_calls

| Imports: | public :ref:`options <options/0>` | Uses: | :ref:`atom <atom/0>` | :ref:`list <list/0>` | :ref:`meta <meta/0>` | :ref:`numberlist <numberlist/0>` | :ref:`term_io <term_io/0>` | :ref:`type <type/0>` | :ref:`user <user/0>`

| Remarks: | (none)

| Inherited public predicates: |  :ref:`options_protocol/0::check_option/1`  :ref:`options_protocol/0::check_options/1`  :ref:`options_protocol/0::default_option/1`  :ref:`options_protocol/0::default_options/1`  :ref:`options_protocol/0::option/2`  :ref:`options_protocol/0::option/3`  :ref:`options_protocol/0::valid_option/1`  :ref:`options_protocol/0::valid_options/1`  

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Public predicates

.. index:: parse/4 .. _command_line_options/0::parse/4:

parse/4 ^^^^^^^^^^^

Parses the arguments ApplArguments according to the option objects OptionObjects using default parsing options.

| Compilation flags: | static

| Template: | parse(OptionObjects,ApplArguments,Options,PositionalArguments) | Mode and number of proofs: | parse(+list(object),+list(atom),-list,-list(atom)) - one_or_error

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.. index:: parse/5 .. _command_line_options/0::parse/5:

parse/5 ^^^^^^^^^^^

Parses the arguments ApplArguments according to the option objects OptionObjects and the parsing options ParseOptions. Options is a list of parsed options as Name(Value) terms by default (or Func(Name,Value) when the output_functor(Func) parse option is used). PositionalArguments are the remaining non-dashed arguments. ParseOptions include output_functor(Func), duplicated_flags(Keep) (one of keepfirst, keeplast, keepall; default keeplast), and allow_empty_flag_spec(Bool) (default true).

| Compilation flags: | static

| Template: | parse(OptionObjects,ApplArguments,Options,PositionalArguments,ParseOptions) | Mode and number of proofs: | parse(+list(object),+list(atom),-list,-list(atom),+list) - one_or_error

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.. index:: help/2 .. _command_line_options/0::help/2:

help/2 ^^^^^^^^^^

Synthesizes a help text Help as an atom from the option objects OptionObjects using default help options.

| Compilation flags: | static

| Template: | help(OptionObjects,Help) | Mode and number of proofs: | help(+list(object),-atom) - one_or_error

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.. index:: help/3 .. _command_line_options/0::help/3:

help/3 ^^^^^^^^^^

Synthesizes a help text Help as an atom from the option objects OptionObjects using the given HelpOptions. HelpOptions include line_width(Width) (default 80), min_help_width(Width) (default 40), break_long_flags(Boolean) (default false), and suppress_empty_meta(Boolean) (default true).

| Compilation flags: | static

| Template: | help(OptionObjects,Help,HelpOptions) | Mode and number of proofs: | help(+list(object),-atom,+list) - one_or_error

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Protected predicates

(no local declarations; see entity ancestors if any)

Private predicates

(no local declarations; see entity ancestors if any)

Operators

(none)

.. seealso::

:ref:`command_line_option <command_line_option/0>`