From: boscomonkey@...
Date: 2006-01-25T10:23:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Python / ruby command line script?

See this tutorial regarding parsing command line args in Ruby:


http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2003/09/18/ruby_csv.html?page=1

The "getoptlong" library has apparently been superceded by "optparse",
so Google that too.


Paatsch, Bernd wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am a newbie to Ruby. However I have used python a little bit.
> I like to convert my python scripts to ruby. One of them is a command line
> script taking input and switches.
> Is there something equivalent in ruby?
>
>
> """
> Generate something
> Usage:      python xyz.py [options] [source] [destination]
> Options:
> 	 -h, --help     show help
> Examples:   xyz.py input.csv output.html
> """
>
> def main(argv):
>     """Main Entry Point """
>     try:
>         opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "h", ["help"])
>     except getopt.GetoptError:
>         usage()
>         sys.exit(2)
>
>     for opt, arg in opts:         if opt in ("-h", "--help"):
>             usage()             sys.exit()
>
>     try:
>         source = sys.argv[1]
>         global destination
>         destination = sys.argv[2]
>     except:
>         usage()
>         sys.exit(2)
>
>     seleniumHtmlGenerator(source)
> 
>     
> 
> if __name__ == "__main__":
>     main(sys.argv[1:])