Improve qvm-ls options to avoid parsing

doc/manpages/qvm-ls.rst

@@ -1,27 +1,48 @@
 .. program:: qvm-ls
 
-:program:`qvm-ls` -- List VMs and various information about them
+:program:`qvm-ls` -- List qubes and various information about them
 ================================================================
 
 Synopsis
 --------
 
-:command:`qvm-ls` [-h] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--help-columns] [--help-formats] [--format *FORMAT* | --fields *FIELD*,...] [--tags *TAG* [*TAG* ...]] [--running] [--paused] [--halted]
+:command:`qvm-ls` [--verbose] [--quiet] [--help] [--all]
+                  [--exclude *EXCLUDE*] [--spinner] [--no-spinner]
+                  [--format *FORMAT* | --fields *FIELD* [*FIELD* ...] | --disk | --network | --kernel]
+                  [--tree] [--raw-data] [--raw-list] [--help-formats]
+                  [--help-columns] [--class *CLASS* [*CLASS* ...]]
+                  [--label *LABEL* [*LABEL* ...]] [--tags *TAG* [*TAG* ...]]
+                  [--exclude-tags *TAG* [*TAG* ...]] [--running] [--paused]
+                  [--halted] [--template-source *TEMPLATE* [*TEMPLATE* ...]]
+                  [--netvm-is *NETVM* [*NETVM* ...]] [--internal <y|n>]
+                  [--servicevm <y|n>] [--pending-update]
+                  [--features *FEATURE=VALUE* [*FEATURE=VALUE* ...]]
+                  [--prefs *PREFERENCE=VALUE* [*PREFERENCE=VALUE* ...]]
+                  [--sort *COLUMN*] [--reverse] [--ignore-case]
+                  [VMNAME ...]
 
-Options
--------
+
+Positional arguments
+--------------------
+
+.. option:: VMNAME ...
+
+   Zero or more domain names
+
+General options
+---------------
 
 .. option:: --help, -h
 
    Show help message and exit
 
-.. option:: --help-columns
+.. option:: --verbose, -v
 
-   List all available columns with short descriptions and exit.
+   Increase verbosity.
 
-.. option:: --help-formats
+.. option:: --quiet, -q
 
-   List all available formats with their definitions and exit.
+   Decrease verbosity.
 
 .. option:: --all
 
@@ -32,6 +53,17 @@ Options
    Exclude the qube from --all. You need to use --all option explicitly to use
    --exclude.
 
+.. option:: --spinner
+
+   Have a spinner spinning while the spinning mainloop spins new table cells.
+
+.. option:: --no-spinner
+
+   No spinner today.
+
+Formatting options
+------------------
+
 .. option:: --format=FORMAT, -o FORMAT
 
    Sets format to a list of columns defined by preset. All formats along with
@@ -43,14 +75,10 @@ Options
    :option:`--format`. All columns along with short descriptions can be listed
    with :option:`--help-columns`.
 
-.. option:: --tags TAG ...
-
-   Shows only VMs having specific tag(s).
-
-.. option:: --running, --paused, --halted
+.. option:: --tree, -t
 
-   Shows only VMs matching the specified power state(s). When none of these
-   options is used (default), all VMs are shown.
+   List qubes as a network tree. Qubes are sorted as they are connected to
+   their netvms. Names are indented relative to the number of connected netvms.
 
 .. option:: --raw-data
 
@@ -62,11 +90,6 @@ Options
    Give plain list of VM names, without header or separator. Useful in scripts.
    Same as --raw-data --fields=name
 
-.. option:: --tree, -t
-
-   List domains as a network tree. Domains are sorted as they are connected to
-   their netvms. Names are indented relative to the number of connected netvms.
-
 .. option:: --disk, -d
 
    Same as --format=disk, for compatibility with Qubes 3.x
@@ -79,21 +102,83 @@ Options
 
    Same as --format=kernel, for compatibility with Qubes 3.x
 
-.. option:: --verbose, -v
+.. option:: --help-columns
 
-   Increase verbosity.
+   List all available columns with short descriptions and exit.
 
-.. option:: --quiet, -q
+.. option:: --help-formats
 
-   Decrease verbosity.
+   List all available formats with their definitions and exit.
 
-.. option:: --spinner
+Filtering options
+-----------------
 
-   Have a spinner spinning while the spinning mainloop spins new table cells.
+.. option:: --class CLASS ...
 
-.. option:: --no-spinner
+   Show only qubes of specific class(es)
 
-   No spinner today.
+.. option:: --label LABEL ...
+
+   Show only qubes with specific label(s)
+
+.. option:: --tags TAG ...
+
+   Shows only qubes having specific tag(s).
+
+.. option:: --exclude-tags TAG ...
+
+   Exclude qubes having specific tag(s).
+
+.. option:: --running, --paused, --halted
+
+   Shows only qubes matching the specified power state(s). When none of these
+   options is used (default), all qubes are shown.
+
+.. option:: --template-source TEMPLATE ...
+
+   Filter results to the qubes based on the TEMPLATE(s)
+
+.. option:: --netvm-is NETVM ...
+
+   Filter results to the qubes connecting via NETVM(s)
+
+.. option:: --internal <y|n>
+
+   Show only internal qubes or exclude them from output
+
+.. option:: --servicevm <y|n>
+
+   Show only servicevms or exclude them from output
+
+.. option:: --pending-update
+
+   Filter results to qubes pending for update
+
+.. option:: --features FEATURE=VALUE ...
+
+   Filter results to qubes that match all specified features. Omitted VALUE
+   means None (unset). Empty value means "" or '' (blank)
+
+.. option:: --prefs PREFERENCE=VALUE ...
+
+   Filter results to qubes that match all specified preferences. Omitted VALUE
+   means None (unset). Empty value means "" or '' (blank)
+
+Sorting options
+---------------
+
+.. option:: --sort COLUMN
+
+   Sort based on provided column rather than NAME. Sort key must be in the
+   output columns
+
+.. option:: --reverse
+
+   Reverse sort
+
+.. option:: --ignore-case
+
+   Ignore case distinctions when sorting
 
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