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logwisp/cmd/lw/help.go
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package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"github.com/lixenwraith/logwisp/internal/version"
)
// helpText is the CLI usage reference. Scalar flags map 1:1 to TOML config paths.
const helpText = `LogWisp %s - log collection, processing, and distribution
Usage:
lw [options] [< input] No file, no pipeline options: stdin to stdout,
line for line, like cat; exits at end of input
lw -c|--config FILE [options] Run the file's pipelines
lw -p|--preset SPEC [options] Run a preset's pipeline
lw -t|--check [options] Build every pipeline and plugin, report, exit
lw --dump [options] Print the effective configuration as TOML, exit
lw help | -h | --help
lw -V | --version
Commands (lw COMMAND -h lists its subcommands):
%s
Options: a short option is its long one; a value follows as the next argument
or after '=' (-c FILE, --config=FILE), one that starts with '-' or a switch's
after '='; short options do not combine. lw takes options only.
-c, --config FILE Configuration file (default:
~/.config/logwisp/logwisp.toml if it exists,
else ./logwisp.toml)
-t, --check Build every pipeline and plugin, report, exit
--dump Print the effective configuration, exit
-q, --quiet Silence lw's own log and notices; pipeline
output still flows
--color [WHEN] Level names in color on console sinks:
auto (a terminal, NO_COLOR unset; default),
always (bare --color) or never
-V, --version Print the version and exit
-h, --help Print this help and exit
-- End the options
Configuration keys are flags by their TOML path, '_' and '.' kept:
--KEY=VALUE e.g. --logging.level=debug
--status_reporter=BOOL Periodic status logging (default: true with
a configuration file)
--auto_reload=BOOL Reload when the file changes (default: false)
Logging (lw's own log goes to stderr, at info with a configuration file and
at warn without one):
--logging.output=MODE file|stdout|stderr|split|all|none
--logging.level=LEVEL debug|info|warn|error
--logging.file.directory=DIR
Pipelines (replace the file's pipelines; see doc/cli.md):
-p, --preset NAME[,KEY=VALUE...]
Start a pipeline with a preset: pipe, tail,
serve, edge, aggregator; lw preset NAME -h
lists its keys, lw preset NAME prints it
--pipeline NAME Start a pipeline; earlier specs go to "cli"
--source SPEC TYPE[,KEY=VALUE...], repeatable
--sink SPEC e.g. http,host=0.0.0.0,port=8080, repeatable
--filter SPEC include|exclude,patterns=RE, repeatable
--format SPEC json|txt|raw[,KEY=VALUE...]
--rate-limit SPEC rate=N[,burst=N,policy=drop|pass]
--heartbeat SPEC interval_ms=N[,include_stats=true,...]
A pipeline without --source reads stdin, one without --sink writes stdout.
Keys nest with '.' (tls.cert_file=...), a repeated key makes a list, and
'\' escapes ',' '=' '\' in values.
Examples:
lw < app.log > copy.log Copy, line for line
tail -F app.log | lw --filter include,patterns=ERROR,patterns=WARN
journalctl -f | lw --sink http,host=127.0.0.1,port=8080
Serve stdin live; browse http://127.0.0.1:8080/
lw --source file,directory=/var/log/app,pattern='*.log' --format txt
lw -p tail,path=/var/log/app Follow a directory's files
lw --preset serve,path=/var/log/app,tls=self,users=users.toml
HTTPS stream, SCRAM logins
lw --preset edge,path=/var/log/app,to=agg:9000,ca=ca.crt,user=edge-01,\
password_file=edge-01.pass Forward to an aggregator
Environment:
LOGWISP_<PATH> Config path, '.' -> '_', uppercase
e.g. LOGWISP_LOGGING_LEVEL=debug
LOGWISP_CONFIG_FILE Configuration file path
LOGWISP_CONFIG_DIR Configuration directory
LOGWISP_PIPELINE, LOGWISP_PRESET, LOGWISP_SOURCE[_N], LOGWISP_SINK[_N],
LOGWISP_FILTER[_N], LOGWISP_FORMAT, LOGWISP_RATE_LIMIT, LOGWISP_HEARTBEAT
One pipeline, specs as the flags (_N adds
more); ignored when a pipeline flag is given
Signals:
SIGINT, SIGTERM Graceful shutdown
SIGHUP, SIGUSR1 Reload configuration
Exit codes:
0 success, including the end of input
1 general error, including a configuration that does not load
2 usage error, or a named configuration file not found
`
func printHelp() {
var list strings.Builder
for _, c := range commands {
fmt.Fprintf(&list, " lw %-26s %s\n", c.name+" COMMAND", c.summary)
}
fmt.Printf(helpText, version.Short(), list.String())
}