ParseOptionsAutoPrefixAliases Property

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether unique prefixes of an argument are automatically used as aliases.

Definition

Namespace: Ookii.CommandLine
Assembly: Ookii.CommandLine (in Ookii.CommandLine.dll) Version: 4.0.0+bb7ed9a8fdfd1cb21824750a8cf508863ad15086
C#
public bool? AutoPrefixAliases { get; set; }

Property Value

NullableBoolean
to automatically use unique prefixes of an argument as aliases for that argument; to not have automatic prefixes; otherwise, to use the value from the ParseOptionsAttributeAutoPrefixAliases property, or if the ParseOptionsAttribute attribute is not present, .

Remarks

If this property is , the CommandLineParser class will consider any prefix that uniquely identifies an argument by its name or one of its explicit aliases as an alias for that argument. For example, given two arguments "Port" and "Protocol", "Po" and "Por" would be an alias for "Port", and "Pr" an alias for "Protocol" (as well as "Pro", "Prot", "Proto", etc.). "P" would not be an alias because it doesn't uniquely identify a single argument.

When using ParsingModeLongShort, this only applies to long names. Explicit aliases set with the AliasAttribute take precedence over automatic aliases. Automatic prefix aliases are not shown in the usage help.

This behavior is enabled unless explicitly disabled here or using the ParseOptionsAttributeAutoPrefixAliases property.

If not , this property overrides the value of the ParseOptionsAttributeAutoPrefixAliases property.

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