cppcommandline

Command line parser for C++11 and later using the fluid interface.

features

• fluid interface
• short and long names for options
• positional arguments
• value bindings
• default values
• required options
• option descriptions
• application name extraction
• automatic help
• error handling using standard exceptions

usage

#include <cppcommandline.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    cppcommandline::Parser commandLine;

    std::string filename;
    int someoption = 0;
    bool flag = false;

    commandLine.option().withDescription("A required filename").required().bindTo(filename); //positional
    commandLine.option("someoption").asShortName("s").withDefaultValue(10).withDescription("My description of someoption").bindTo(someoption);
    commandLine.option("flag").withDefaultValue(false).withDescription("My flag").bindTo(flag);
    commandLine.parse(argc, argv);
    
    return 0;
}