{
"name": "ruby",
"description": "Interpreted object-oriented scripting language",
"options": [
{
"names": [
"--copyright"
],
"description": "Prints the copyright notice"
},
{
"names": [
"--version"
],
"description": "Prints the version of Ruby interpreter"
},
{
"names": [
"-0"
],
"description": "Specifies the input record separator ($/) as an octal number",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "octal"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-C"
],
"description": "Causes Ruby to switch to the directory",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "directory",
"template": "folders"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-F"
],
"description": "Specifies input field separator ($;)",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "pattern"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-I"
],
"description": "Used to tell Ruby where to load the library scripts. Directory path will be added to the load-path variable ($:)",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "directory",
"template": "folders"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-K"
],
"description": "Specifies KANJI (Japanese) encoding",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "kcode"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-S"
],
"description": "Makes Ruby use the PATH environment variable to search for script, unless its name begins with a slash. This is used to emulate #! on machines that don't support it, in the following manner: #! /usr/l"
},
{
"names": [
"-T"
],
"description": "Turns on taint checks at the specified level (default 1)",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "level"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-a"
],
"description": "Turns on auto-split mode when used with -n or -p"
},
{
"names": [
"-c"
],
"description": "Causes Ruby to check the syntax of the script and exit without executing. If there are no syntax errors, Ruby will print “Syntax OK” to the standard output"
},
{
"names": [
"-d",
"--debug"
],
"description": "Turns on debug mode. $DEBUG will be set to true"
},
{
"names": [
"-e"
],
"description": "Specifies script from command-line while telling Ruby not to search the rest of arguments for a script file name",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "command"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-h",
"--help"
],
"description": "Prints a summary of the options"
},
{
"names": [
"-i"
],
"description": "Specifies in-place-edit mode. The extension, if specified, is added to old file name to make a backup copy",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "extension"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-l"
],
"description": "Enables automatic line-ending processing, which means to firstly set $\\ to the value of $/, and secondly chops every line read using chop!"
},
{
"names": [
"-n"
],
"description": "Causes Ruby to assume the following loop around your script"
},
{
"names": [
"-p"
],
"description": "Acts mostly same as -n switch, but print the value of variable $_ at the each end of the loop"
},
{
"names": [
"-r"
],
"description": "Causes Ruby to load the library using require",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "library"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-s"
],
"description": "Enables some switch parsing for switches after script name but before any file name arguments (or before a --)"
},
{
"names": [
"-v",
"--verbose"
],
"description": "Enables verbose mode"
},
{
"names": [
"-w"
],
"description": "Enables verbose mode without printing version message at the beginning. It sets the $VERBOSE variable to true"
},
{
"names": [
"-x"
],
"description": "Tells Ruby that the script is embedded in a message. Leading garbage will be discarded until the first that starts with “#!” and contains the string, “ruby”. Any meaningful switches on that line will ",
"takes_arg": true,
"arg": {
"name": "directory",
"template": "folders"
}
},
{
"names": [
"-y",
"--yydebug"
],
"description": "Turns on compiler debug mode. Ruby will print a bunch of internal state messages during compiling scripts. You don't have to specify this switch, unless you are going to debug the Ruby interpreter"
}
]
}