Function parseInspectMode

lib/internal/debugger/inspect.js:291–318

(args)

//   { mode: 'probe', tokens, args }
//   { mode: 'interactive' }
function parseInspectMode(args) {
  const { tokens } = util.parseArgs({
    args,
    allowPositionals: true,
    options: kInspectArgOptions,
    strict: false,
    tokens: true,
  });

  for (const token of tokens) {
    if (token.kind === 'option') {
      if (token.name === 'help') return { mode: 'help' };
      if (token.name === 'probe') {
        // `--probe --help` / `--probe -h` (no value) consumes the help flag
        // as the probe's "value"; surface help instead of a probe error.
        if (!token.inlineValue &&
            (token.value === '--help' || token.value === '-h')) {
          return { mode: 'help' };
        }
        return { mode: 'probe', tokens, args };
      }
    }
    if (token.kind === 'option-terminator' || token.kind === 'positional') {
      break;
    }
  }
  return { mode: 'interactive' };
}

function startInspect(argv = ArrayPrototypeSlice(process.argv, 2),
                      stdin = process.stdin,