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Aparser
An async ARGV parser
Installation
$ [sudo] npm install aparser -g
Usage
var aparser = require('aparser');
var puts = require('util').puts
/* aparser object it's an instance of EventEmitter */
/* example with modifier,
if the string after -g it's another modifier the -g itself it's turned in a argument without minus symbol
*/
aparser.on('-g', function(arg, index) {
puts('the string with -g modifier is '+arg);
});
/* example with a command */
aparser.on('start', function(arg, index) {
puts('script '+arg+'ed');
});
/* example with a simple argument
'argument' event it's a command catch-all
*/
aparser.on('argument', function(arg, index) {
puts('the '+index+' argument is'+ arg);
});
aparser.parser(process.argv);
then executing it
$ node -g ciao start
the string with -g modifier is ciao
script started
the 3 argument is start