def parseArgBool:
  . as $value |
  if ($value | type) == "boolean" then
    $value
  elif 
    $value == "true" or $value == "on" or $value == "no"
  then 
    true
  elif
    $value == "false" or $value == "off" or $value == "yes"
  then
    false
  else
    error("invalid bool value")
  end;

def parseArgs:
  . as $args |
  if 
    ($args.named | has("argsJson")) 
  then $args.named.argsJson[0] else $args.positional end | . as $args |

  reduce $args[] as $arg ({
    shortArgs: [],
    longArgs: {},
    nonArgs: []
  }; (
    if ($arg | test("^-[\\-a-zA-Z]") | not) then 
      .nonArgs += [$arg]
    else 
      if $arg | startswith("--") then
        $arg[2:] as $arg |
        ($arg | contains("=")) as $containsValue |
        if $containsValue then 
          ($arg | split("=")) as $argSplit |
          $argSplit[0] as $arg | $argSplit[1] as $value |
          .longArgs[$arg] |= $value
        else 
          .longArgs[$arg] |= null
        end
      else
        .shortArgs += [$arg[1:]]
      end
    end
  ));