NAME

dump-pericmd-script - Run a Perinci::CmdLine-based script but only to dump the object

VERSION

This document describes version 0.054 of dump-pericmd-script (from Perl distribution App-PericmdUtils), released on 2022-05-27.

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

This function runs a CLI script that uses Perinci::CmdLine (or its variant Perinci::CmdLine::Lite or Perinci::CmdLine::Any) but monkey-patches Perinci::CmdLine::Base beforehand so that run() will dump the object and then exit. The goal is to get the object without actually running the script.

This can be used to gather information about the script and then generate documentation about it (e.g. Pod::Weaver::Plugin::Rinci to insert POD sections based on information from the Rinci metadata of the function used by the script) or do other things (e.g. App::shcompgen to generate a completion script for the original script).

CLI script needs to use Perinci::CmdLine. This is detected currently by a simple regex. If script is not detected as using Perinci::CmdLine, status 412 is returned.

Will return the Perinci::CmdLine object dump. In addition to that, if detected that script refers to function URL /main (which might mean that function metadata is embedded in the script itself and not in a separate module), will also dump the target function's metadata in func.meta in this function's result metadata.

OPTIONS

* marks required options.

Main options

--filename=s*, -f

Path to the script.

Can also be specified as the 1st command-line argument.

--lib=s@, -I

Libraries to unshift to @INC when running script.

Can be specified multiple times.

--libs-json=s

Libraries to unshift to @INC when running script (JSON-encoded).

See --lib.

--method=s

Valid values:

["patch","self-dump"]

The `patch` method is using monkey-patching to replace run() with a routine that dumps the object and exit. This has a disadvantage of exiting too early, for example some attributes like `common_opts` is filled during run(). Another method is `self-dump` that requires <pm:Perinci::CmdLine::Lite> version 1.73 or later.

The default is to use `self-dump`, but `patch` for /main/.

--skip-detect, -D

Configuration options

--config-path=s, -c

Set path to configuration file.

Can actually be specified multiple times to instruct application to read from multiple configuration files (and merge them).

--config-profile=s, -P

Set configuration profile to use.

A single configuration file can contain profiles, i.e. alternative sets of values that can be selected. For example:

[profile=dev]
username=foo
pass=beaver

[profile=production]
username=bar
pass=honey

When you specify `--config-profile=dev`, `username` will be set to `foo` and `password` to `beaver`. When you specify `--config-profile=production`, `username` will be set to `bar` and `password` to `honey`.

--no-config, -C

Do not use any configuration file.

If you specify `--no-config`, the application will not read any configuration file.

Environment options

--no-env

Do not read environment for default options.

If you specify `--no-env`, the application wil not read any environment variable.

Output options

--format=s

Choose output format, e.g. json, text.

Default value:

undef

Output can be displayed in multiple formats, and a suitable default format is chosen depending on the application and/or whether output destination is interactive terminal (i.e. whether output is piped). This option specifically chooses an output format.

--json

Set output format to json.

--naked-res

When outputing as JSON, strip result envelope.

Default value:

By default, when outputing as JSON, the full enveloped result is returned, e.g.:

[200,"OK",[1,2,3],{"func.extra"=>4}]

The reason is so you can get the status (1st element), status message (2nd element) as well as result metadata/extra result (4th element) instead of just the result (3rd element). However, sometimes you want just the result, e.g. when you want to pipe the result for more post-processing. In this case you can use `--naked-res` so you just get:

[1,2,3]

--page-result

Filter output through a pager.

This option will pipe the output to a specified pager program. If pager program is not specified, a suitable default e.g. `less` is chosen.

--view-result

View output using a viewer.

This option will first save the output to a temporary file, then open a viewer program to view the temporary file. If a viewer program is not chosen, a suitable default, e.g. the browser, is chosen.

Other options

--help, -h, -?: Display help message and exit.
--version, -v: Display program's version and exit.

COMPLETION

This script has shell tab completion capability with support for several shells.

bash

To activate bash completion for this script, put:

complete -C dump-pericmd-script dump-pericmd-script

in your bash startup (e.g. ~/.bashrc). Your next shell session will then recognize tab completion for the command. Or, you can also directly execute the line above in your shell to activate immediately.

It is recommended, however, that you install modules using cpanm-shcompgen which can activate shell completion for scripts immediately.

tcsh

To activate tcsh completion for this script, put:

complete dump-pericmd-script 'p/*/`dump-pericmd-script`/'

in your tcsh startup (e.g. ~/.tcshrc). Your next shell session will then recognize tab completion for the command. Or, you can also directly execute the line above in your shell to activate immediately.

It is also recommended to install shcompgen (see above).

other shells

For fish and zsh, install shcompgen as described above.

CONFIGURATION FILE

This script can read configuration files. Configuration files are in the format of IOD, which is basically INI with some extra features.

By default, these names are searched for configuration filenames (can be changed using --config-path): /home/u1/.config/dump-pericmd-script.conf, /home/u1/dump-pericmd-script.conf, or /etc/dump-pericmd-script.conf.

All found files will be read and merged.

To disable searching for configuration files, pass --no-config.

You can put multiple profiles in a single file by using section names like [profile=SOMENAME] or [SOMESECTION profile=SOMENAME]. Those sections will only be read if you specify the matching --config-profile SOMENAME.

You can also put configuration for multiple programs inside a single file, and use filter program=NAME in section names, e.g. [program=NAME ...] or [SOMESECTION program=NAME]. The section will then only be used when the reading program matches.

You can also filter a section by environment variable using the filter env=CONDITION in section names. For example if you only want a section to be read if a certain environment variable is true: [env=SOMEVAR ...] or [SOMESECTION env=SOMEVAR ...]. If you only want a section to be read when the value of an environment variable equals some string: [env=HOSTNAME=blink ...] or [SOMESECTION env=HOSTNAME=blink ...]. If you only want a section to be read when the value of an environment variable does not equal some string: [env=HOSTNAME!=blink ...] or [SOMESECTION env=HOSTNAME!=blink ...]. If you only want a section to be read when the value of an environment variable includes some string: [env=HOSTNAME*=server ...] or [SOMESECTION env=HOSTNAME*=server ...]. If you only want a section to be read when the value of an environment variable does not include some string: [env=HOSTNAME!*=server ...] or [SOMESECTION env=HOSTNAME!*=server ...]. Note that currently due to simplistic parsing, there must not be any whitespace in the value being compared because it marks the beginning of a new section filter or section name.

To load and configure plugins, you can use either the -plugins parameter (e.g. -plugins=DumpArgs or -plugins=DumpArgs@before_validate_args), or use the [plugin=NAME ...] sections, for example:

[plugin=DumpArgs]
-event=before_validate_args
-prio=99

[plugin=Foo]
-event=after_validate_args
arg1=val1
arg2=val2

which is equivalent to setting -plugins=-DumpArgs@before_validate_args@99,-Foo@after_validate_args,arg1,val1,arg2,val2.

List of available configuration parameters:

filename (see --filename)
format (see --format)
libs (see --lib)
method (see --method)
naked_res (see --naked-res)
skip_detect (see --skip-detect)

ENVIRONMENT

DUMP_PERICMD_SCRIPT_OPT => str

Specify additional command-line options.

FILES

/home/u1/.config/dump-pericmd-script.conf

/home/u1/dump-pericmd-script.conf

/etc/dump-pericmd-script.conf

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-PericmdUtils.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-PericmdUtils.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

% prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla plugin and/or Pod::Weaver::Plugin. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-PericmdUtils

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

To install App::PericmdUtils, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm App::PericmdUtils

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install App::PericmdUtils

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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