[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] ffprobe: add -output_format as an alias of -of

[Stefano Sabatini]

Currently we have -of and -print_format, which is a bit confusing. Add
-output_format as an alias of -of to match the short name.
---
 Changelog         |  1 +
 doc/ffprobe.texi  |  6 +++---
 fftools/ffprobe.c | 17 +++++++++--------
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 259180e190..cceee46215 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ version <next>:
 - VAAPI AV1 encoder
 - ffprobe XML output schema changed to account for multiple
   variable-fields elements within the same parent element
+- ffprobe -output_format option added as an alias of -of
 
 
 version 6.0:
diff --git a/doc/ffprobe.texi b/doc/ffprobe.texi
index 4dc9f577bb..b74ff650ac 100644
--- a/doc/ffprobe.texi
+++ b/doc/ffprobe.texi
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ffprobe will show it.
 
 ffprobe output is designed to be easily parsable by a textual filter,
 and consists of one or more sections of a form defined by the selected
-writer, which is specified by the @option{print_format} option.
+writer, which is specified by the @option{output_format} option.
 
 Sections may contain other nested sections, and are identified by a
 name (which may be shared by other sections), and an unique
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Use sexagesimal format HH:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time values.
 Prettify the format of the displayed values, it corresponds to the
 options "-unit -prefix -byte_binary_prefix -sexagesimal".
 
- at item -of, -print_format @var{writer_name}[=@var{writer_options}]
+ at item -output_format, -of, -print_format @var{writer_name}[=@var{writer_options}]
 Set the output printing format.
 
 @var{writer_name} specifies the name of the writer, and
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Set the output printing format.
 
 For example for printing the output in JSON format, specify:
 @example
--print_format json
+-output_format json
 @end example
 
 For more details on the available output printing formats, see the
diff --git a/fftools/ffprobe.c b/fftools/ffprobe.c
index e490a9a9b2..91e81e639c 100644
--- a/fftools/ffprobe.c
+++ b/fftools/ffprobe.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int show_private_data            = 1;
 #define SHOW_OPTIONAL_FIELDS_ALWAYS      1
 static int show_optional_fields = SHOW_OPTIONAL_FIELDS_AUTO;
 
-static char *print_format;
+static char *output_format;
 static char *stream_specifier;
 static char *show_data_hash;
 
@@ -4094,9 +4094,10 @@ static const OptionDef real_options[] = {
       "use sexagesimal format HOURS:MM:SS.MICROSECONDS for time units" },
     { "pretty", 0, {.func_arg = opt_pretty},
       "prettify the format of displayed values, make it more human readable" },
-    { "print_format", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &print_format },
+    { "output_format", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &output_format },
       "set the output printing format (available formats are: default, compact, csv, flat, ini, json, xml)", "format" },
-    { "of", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &print_format }, "alias for -print_format", "format" },
+    { "print_format", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &output_format }, "alias for -output_format (deprecated)" },
+    { "of", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &output_format }, "alias for -output_format", "format" },
     { "select_streams", OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG, { &stream_specifier }, "select the specified streams", "stream_specifier" },
     { "sections", OPT_EXIT, {.func_arg = opt_sections}, "print sections structure and section information, and exit" },
     { "show_data",    OPT_BOOL, { &do_show_data }, "show packets data" },
@@ -4217,13 +4218,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     writer_register_all();
 
-    if (!print_format)
-        print_format = av_strdup("default");
-    if (!print_format) {
+    if (!output_format)
+        output_format = av_strdup("default");
+    if (!output_format) {
         ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
         goto end;
     }
-    w_name = av_strtok(print_format, "=", &buf);
+    w_name = av_strtok(output_format, "=", &buf);
     if (!w_name) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                "No name specified for the output format\n");
@@ -4292,7 +4293,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
 end:
-    av_freep(&print_format);
+    av_freep(&output_format);
     av_freep(&read_intervals);
     av_hash_freep(&hash);
 
-- 
2.34.1