Man1 - flex.1
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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
- -v, –verbose
- write summary of scanner statistics to stdout
- –hex
- use hexadecimal numbers instead of octal in debug outputs
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’)
- -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
- –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
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.