makefile subcommand example

README.md

Usage

hello command with an argument

$ make hello-foo
hello foo

hello command without arguments

$ make hello
hello foo
hello bar
hello baz

hello command parallel

$ make --jobs 2 hello
hello bar
hello foo
hello baz

hello command with arguments

$ make hello NAMES=hoge fuga
hello hoge
hello fuga

world command with an argument

$ make world-123
123 world

world command without arguments

$ make world
foo world
bar world
baz world

Makefile

NAMES = foo bar baz

hello: $(addprefix hello-, $(NAMES))

hello-%:
	@echo "hello ${@:hello-%=%}"

world: $(addprefix world-, $(NAMES))

world-%:
	@echo "${@:hello-%=%} world"

.PHONY: hello hello-% world world-%

10  world-%:
11  -	@echo "${@:hello-%=%} world"
11  +	@echo "${@:world-%=%} world"

FYI:

$ make hello NAMES=hoge fuga
hello hoge
make: *** No rule to make target `fuga'.  Stop.

$ make hello NAMES="hoge fuga"
hello hoge
hello fuga

$ make --version
GNU Make 3.81

$ $SHELL --version
GNU bash, version 5.3.15(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin23.6.0)

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