Command-Line Flags

package main

import "flag"

import "fmt"

func main() {

    wordptr := flag.String("word", "foo", "a string")

    numbptr := flag.Int("numb", 42, "an int")

    boolprr := flag.Bool("fork", false, "a bool")

    var svar string

    flag.StringVar(&svar, "svar", "bar", "a string var")

    flag.Parse()

    fmt.Println("word:", *wordptr)

    fmt.Println("numb:", *numbptr)

    fmt.Println("fork:", *boolprr)

    fmt.Println("svar:", svar)

    fmt.Println("tail:", flag.Args())

}