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lua_cliargs

A command-line argument parser.

$ luarocks install lua_cliargs

This module adds support for accepting CLI arguments easily using multiple notations and argument types.

cliargs allows you to define required, optional, and flag arguments.

Versions

3.0.2-12 years ago1,363,018 downloads
3.0-22 years ago5,002,473 downloads
3.0-12 years ago934,168 downloads
3.0-02 years ago378 downloads
3.0.rc-12 years ago606 downloads
2.5-52 years ago162,761 downloads
2.5-42 years ago6,226 downloads
2.5-32 years ago210 downloads
2.5-22 years ago259 downloads
2.5-12 years ago9,040 downloads
2.5-02 years ago448 downloads
2.4-12 years ago1,158 downloads
2.4-02 years ago212 downloads
2.3-32 years ago13,343 downloads
2.3-22 years ago195 downloads
2.3-12 years ago203 downloads
2.1-22 years ago15,213 downloads
2.1-12 years ago5,637 downloads
2.0-12 years ago618 downloads
1.1-12 years ago5,610 downloads
dev-1dev2 years ago2,185 downloads

Dependencies

lua >= 5.1

Dependency for

arweave, busted, busted, busted, busted-ffi, busted-matrix, busted-stable, dd-lua-tester, ddt, doccotest, dogmac, fffonion-busted, fontproof, gimlet-cocktail, loverboy, nixessitycore, sile

Manifests