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NAME

       sdfcli - Command Line Interface Utility

PURPOSE

       sdfcli extracts command line interface (CLI) information from applications and formats it into SDF.

USAGE

	usage  : sdfcli [-h[help]] [-o[out_ext]]
		[-l[log_ext]] [-O[out_dir]] [-w wrap]
		utility ...
       purpose: format a utility's command line interface into SDF
       version: 2.000	 (SDF 2.001)

       The options are:

	Option	     Description
	-h	     display help on options
	-o	     output file extension
	-l	     log file extension
	-O	     output to input file's (or explicit) directory
	-w	     column at which to wrap option specifications

DESCRIPTION

       The -h option provides help. If it is specified without a parameter, a brief description of each option is displayed. To display the
       attributes for an option, specify the option letter as a parameter.

       By default, generated output goes to standard output. To direct output to a file per input file, use the -o option to specify an extension
       for output files. If the -o option is specified without a parameter, an extension of out is assumed.

       Likewise, error messages go to standard error by default. Use the -l option to create a log file per input file. If the -l option is
       specified without a parameter, an extension of log is assumed.

       By default, generated output and log files are created in the current directory. Use the -O option to specify an explicit output directory.
       If the -O option is specified without a parameter, the input file's directory is used.

       sdfcli executes each argument with a -h flag and converts the resultant output to nicely formatted SDF. An argument of "-" specifies that
       the help should be read from standard input.

       Formatting is done as follows:

       1.  lines are tagged as Example paragraphs, with the first line formatted to wrap option usage specifications nicely

       2.  if a line is found that starts with 'options:', it is replaced with a Body paragraph saying "The options are:", and the following lines
	   are formatted as a table of codes and descriptions

       3.  if a line is found that starts with 'aliases:', it is replaced with a Body paragraph saying "The aliases are:", and the following lines
	   are formatted as a table of names and descriptions

       4.  each option code in the table is formatted as a hypertext jump to a tag called cmd_opt where:

	   o	   cmd is the command name

	   o	   opt is the option code

       The -w option specifies at what column to wrap option specifications.  The default is 50 - this is the best for output imported into the
       Mincom templates.

LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       The table formats used are hard coded.

perl v5.12.4							    2011-11-09								 SDFCLI(1)