// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package flag_test import ( "flag" "fmt" "time" ) func ExampleFlagSet() { start := func(args []string) { // A real program (not an example) would use flag.ExitOnError. fs := flag.NewFlagSet("start", flag.ContinueOnError) addr := fs.String("addr", ":8080", "`address` to listen on") if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil { fmt.Printf("error: %s", err) return } fmt.Printf("starting server on %s\n", *addr) } stop := func(args []string) { fs := flag.NewFlagSet("stop", flag.ContinueOnError) timeout := fs.Duration("timeout", time.Second, "stop timeout duration") if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil { fmt.Printf("error: %s", err) return } fmt.Printf("stopping server (timeout=%v)\n", *timeout) } main := func(args []string) { subArgs := args[2:] // Drop program name and command. switch args[1] { case "start": start(subArgs) case "stop": stop(subArgs) default: fmt.Printf("error: unknown command - %q\n", args[1]) // In a real program (not an example) print to os.Stderr and exit the program with non-zero value. } } main([]string{"httpd", "start", "-addr", ":9999"}) main([]string{"httpd", "stop"}) main([]string{"http", "start", "-log-level", "verbose"}) // Output: // starting server on :9999 // stopping server (timeout=1s) // error: flag provided but not defined: -log-level }