pvdb · August 16, 2024 15:26 · Oct 6, 2015 · Oct 6, 2015 · Oct 6, 2015 · Oct 6, 2015
diff --git a/list_targets.sh b/list_targets.sh
@@ -13,22 +13,21 @@
 #
 # (1) the sed expression is "scraping" the make output, and will hence break of the output format ever changes
 # (2) the "-r" option excludes the built-in rules, as these are typically not relevant, but isn't required
-# (3) to improve the readability of the output, "| egrep -v '^.PHONY:'" can be appended to the pipeline
-# (4) implementation as a shell alias or as a Makefile target left as an exercise to the reader :-)
+# (3) implementation as a shell alias or as a Makefile target left as an exercise to the reader :-)
 #
 
 #
 # in the directory containing your Makefile:
 #
-make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p ; }'
+make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ .#][^ ]*:/p ; }'
 
 #
 # ... or add a touch of color by highlighting the targets in the rules:
 #
-make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p ; }' | egrep --color '^[^ ]*:'
+make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ .#][^ ]*:/p ; }' | egrep --color '^[^ ]*:'
 
 #
 # ... or if you prefer just the list of targets, WITHOUT the dependencies:
 #
-make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/ { s/:.*$// ; p ; } ; }'
+make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ .#][^ ]*:/ { s/:.*$// ; p ; } ; }'
 
diff --git a/list_targets.sh b/list_targets.sh
@@ -26,3 +26,9 @@ make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p ; }'
 # ... or add a touch of color by highlighting the targets in the rules:
 #
 make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p ; }' | egrep --color '^[^ ]*:'
+
+#
+# ... or if you prefer just the list of targets, WITHOUT the dependencies:
+#
+make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/ { s/:.*$// ; p ; } ; }'
+
diff --git a/list_targets.sh b/list_targets.sh
diff --git a/list_targets.sh b/list_targets.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 #
 # in the directory containing your Makefile:
 #
-make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p }'
+make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p ; }'
 
 #
 # ... or add a touch of color by highlighting the targets in the rules:
 #
-make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p }' | egrep --color '^[^ ]*:'
+make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p ; }' | egrep --color '^[^ ]*:'
diff --git a/list_targets.sh b/list_targets.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # this gist can be used to list all targets, or - more correctly - rules,
-# that are defined in a Makefile (and possibly other, included Makefiles)
+# that are defined in a Makefile (and possibly other included Makefiles)
 # and is inspired by Jack Kelly's reply to a StackOverflow question:
 #
 #   http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3063507/list-goals-targets-in-gnu-make/3632592#3632592

diff --git a/list_targets.sh b/list_targets.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # Notes:
 #
-# (1) the sed expression is "scraping" the make output, and will hence break of the output format changes
+# (1) the sed expression is "scraping" the make output, and will hence break of the output format ever changes
 # (2) the "-r" option excludes the built-in rules, as these are typically not relevant, but isn't required
 # (3) to improve the readability of the output, "| egrep -v '^.PHONY:'" can be appended to the pipeline
 # (4) implementation as a shell alias or as a Makefile target left as an exercise to the reader :-)

diff --git a/list_targets.sh b/list_targets.sh
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p }'
 #
 # ... or add a touch of color by highlighting the targets in the rules:
 #
-make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p }' | egrep --color '^[^ ]*: '
+make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p }' | egrep --color '^[^ ]*:'
diff --git a/list_targets.sh b/list_targets.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#
+# this gist can be used to list all targets, or - more correctly - rules,
+# that are defined in a Makefile (and possibly other, included Makefiles)
+# and is inspired by Jack Kelly's reply to a StackOverflow question:
+#
+#   http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3063507/list-goals-targets-in-gnu-make/3632592#3632592
+#
+# I also found this script - http://www.shelldorado.com/scripts/cmds/targets - which does
+# something similar using awk, but it extracts targets from the "static" rules from a single
+# Makefile, meaning it ignores any included Makefiles, as well as targets from "dynamic" rules
+#
+# Notes:
+#
+# (1) the sed expression is "scraping" the make output, and will hence break of the output format changes
+# (2) the "-r" option excludes the built-in rules, as these are typically not relevant, but isn't required
+# (3) to improve the readability of the output, "| egrep -v '^.PHONY:'" can be appended to the pipeline
+# (4) implementation as a shell alias or as a Makefile target left as an exercise to the reader :-)
+#
+
+#
+# in the directory containing your Makefile:
+#
+make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p }'
+
+#
+# ... or add a touch of color by highlighting the targets in the rules:
+#
+make -rpn | sed -n -e '/^$/ { n ; /^[^ ]*:/p }' | egrep --color '^[^ ]*: '