flex
(1)
Name
flex - the fast lexical analyser generator
Synopsis
flex [OPTIONS] [FILE]...
Description
User Commands FLEX(1)
NAME
flex - the fast lexical analyser generator
SYNOPSIS
flex [OPTIONS] [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Generates programs that perform pattern-matching on text.
Table Compression:
-Ca, --align
trade off larger tables for better memory alignment
-Ce, --ecs
construct equivalence classes
-Cf do not compress tables; use -f representation
-CF do not compress tables; use -F representation
-Cm, --meta-ecs
construct meta-equivalence classes
-Cr, --read
use read() instead of stdio for scanner input
-f, --full
generate fast, large scanner. Same as -Cfr
-F, --fast
use alternate table representation. Same as -CFr
-Cem default compression (same as --ecs --meta-ecs)
Debugging:
-d, --debug
enable debug mode in scanner
-b, --backup
write backing-up information to lex.backup
-p, --perf-report
write performance report to stderr
-s, --nodefault
suppress default rule to ECHO unmatched text
-T, --trace
flex should run in trace mode
-w, --nowarn
do not generate warnings
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User Commands FLEX(1)
-v, --verbose
write summary of scanner statistics to stdout
Files:
-o, --outfile=FILE
specify output filename
-S, --skel=FILE
specify skeleton file
-t, --stdout
write scanner on stdout instead of lex.yy.c
--yyclass=NAME
name of C++ class
--header-file=FILE
create a C header file in addition to the scanner
--tables-file[=FILE] write tables to FILE
Scanner behavior:
-7, --7bit
generate 7-bit scanner
-8, --8bit
generate 8-bit scanner
-B, --batch
generate batch scanner (opposite of -I)
-i, --case-insensitive
ignore case in patterns
-l, --lex-compat
maximal compatibility with original lex
-X, --posix-compat
maximal compatibility with POSIX lex
-I, --interactive
generate interactive scanner (opposite of -B)
--yylineno
track line count in yylineno
Generated code:
-+, --c++
generate C++ scanner class
-Dmacro[=defn]
#define macro defn (default defn is '1')
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User Commands FLEX(1)
-L, --noline
suppress #line directives in scanner
-P, --prefix=STRING
use STRING as prefix instead of "yy"
-R, --reentrant
generate a reentrant C scanner
--bison-bridge
scanner for bison pure parser.
--bison-locations
include yylloc support.
--stdinit
initialize yyin/yyout to stdin/stdout
--noansi-definitions old-style function definitions
--noansi-prototypes
empty parameter list in prototypes
--nounistd
do not include <unistd.h>
--noFUNCTION
do not generate a particular FUNCTION
Miscellaneous:
-c do-nothing POSIX option
-n do-nothing POSIX option
-?
-h, --help
produce this help message
-V, --version
report flex version
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
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User Commands FLEX(1)
+---------------+----------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+----------------------+
|Availability | developer/lexer/flex |
+---------------+----------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+----------------------+
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for flex is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the info and flex programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info flex
should give you access to the complete manual.
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from http://soft-
layer.dl.source-
forge.net/project/flex/flex/flex-2.5.35/flex-2.5.35.tar.bz2
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://flex.source-
forge.net/.
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