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-rwxr-xr-xLib/base64.py13
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_base64.py10
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-02-11-19-06-10.bpo-35970.ZRvh51.rst2
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/base64.py b/Lib/base64.py
index b25156d..7e9c2a2 100755
--- a/Lib/base64.py
+++ b/Lib/base64.py
@@ -567,15 +567,17 @@ def decodebytes(s):
def main():
"""Small main program"""
import sys, getopt
+ usage = """usage: %s [-h|-d|-e|-u|-t] [file|-]
+ -h: print this help message and exit
+ -d, -u: decode
+ -e: encode (default)
+ -t: encode and decode string 'Aladdin:open sesame'"""%sys.argv[0]
try:
- opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'deut')
+ opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'hdeut')
except getopt.error as msg:
sys.stdout = sys.stderr
print(msg)
- print("""usage: %s [-d|-e|-u|-t] [file|-]
- -d, -u: decode
- -e: encode (default)
- -t: encode and decode string 'Aladdin:open sesame'"""%sys.argv[0])
+ print(usage)
sys.exit(2)
func = encode
for o, a in opts:
@@ -583,6 +585,7 @@ def main():
if o == '-d': func = decode
if o == '-u': func = decode
if o == '-t': test(); return
+ if o == '-h': print(usage); return
if args and args[0] != '-':
with open(args[0], 'rb') as f:
func(f, sys.stdout.buffer)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_base64.py b/Lib/test/test_base64.py
index 4184924..217f294 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_base64.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_base64.py
@@ -788,5 +788,15 @@ class TestMain(unittest.TestCase):
output = self.get_output('-d', os_helper.TESTFN)
self.assertEqual(output.rstrip(), b'a\xffb')
+ def test_prints_usage_with_help_flag(self):
+ output = self.get_output('-h')
+ self.assertIn(b'usage: ', output)
+ self.assertIn(b'-d, -u: decode', output)
+
+ def test_prints_usage_with_invalid_flag(self):
+ output = script_helper.assert_python_failure('-m', 'base64', '-x').err
+ self.assertIn(b'usage: ', output)
+ self.assertIn(b'-d, -u: decode', output)
+
if __name__ == '__main__':
unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-02-11-19-06-10.bpo-35970.ZRvh51.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-02-11-19-06-10.bpo-35970.ZRvh51.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdae153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-02-11-19-06-10.bpo-35970.ZRvh51.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add help flag to the base64 module's command line interface. Patch contributed
+by Robert Kuska.