rexical(1)

✨ rexical ✨

okay bestie, so you know how rexical(1) lives in the General Commands Manual section of your terminal? yeah. that's the one. this is that page, but make it cute. 🎀

💖 NAME 💖

rexical — Ruby Lex for Racc. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "lexer generator for Ruby, made by Racc people, for Racc people." 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

rexical [options] grammarfile

literally just that. options go in, grammar file goes in, magic comes out. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so. Rexical is a lexical scanner generator that gets used together with Racc to generate Ruby programs. that's the whole job description, no cap. 💅

and the best part? Rexical is written in Ruby. yes queen, Ruby writing Ruby. main character energy fr fr. 🔥

🍓 OPTIONS 🍓

okay here's the full menu, don't skip any of it, every single one matters. 🙈

• -o, --output-file filename — sets the designated output filename. where your stuff goes. you pick. 💖
• -s, --stub — appends a stub main for debug. little helper main, just for you. 🫶
• -i, --ignorecase — ignore char case. uppercase? lowercase? doesn't matter, it's all the same to her. 😌
• -C, --check-only — syntax check only. she looks, she nods, she doesn't write anything. lowkey iconic. 👑
• --independent — independent mode. yes that's the whole description. she's mysterious like that. 🌈
• -d, --debug — prints debug information. for when you need to see the receipts. 🔍
• -h, --help — prints usage. the "help me bestie" button. 💀
• --version — prints version. which one are we running, babe? ⭐
• --copyright — prints copyright. the legal-ish lore. 📜

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• /usr/share/doc/rexical/en.html (English)

that's your extra reading if you want the full English tea. 🫖

and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that. 🎀 this lovely little manual page is dated May 2015 and comes to you from the rexical(1) of the General Commands Manual family. mwah. 💋✨