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@@ -38,10 +38,27 @@ OPTIONS
prefixes to match. Multiple prefixes are useful for tests which might
change for different run options, but most lines remain the same.
+.. option:: --check-prefixes prefix1,prefix2,...
+
+ An alias of :option:`--check-prefix` that allows multiple prefixes to be
+ specified as a comma separated list.
+
.. option:: --input-file filename
File to check (defaults to stdin).
+.. option:: --match-full-lines
+
+ By default, FileCheck allows matches of anywhere on a line. This
+ option will require all positive matches to cover an entire
+ line. Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored, unless
+ :option:`--strict-whitespace` is also specified. (Note: negative
+ matches from ``CHECK-NOT`` are not affected by this option!)
+
+ Passing this option is equivalent to inserting ``{{^ *}}`` or
+ ``{{^}}`` before, and ``{{ *$}}`` or ``{{$}}`` after every positive
+ check pattern.
+
.. option:: --strict-whitespace
By default, FileCheck canonicalizes input horizontal whitespace (spaces and
@@ -444,3 +461,22 @@ relative line number references, for example:
// CHECK-NEXT: {{^ ;}}
int a
+Matching Newline Characters
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To match newline characters in regular expressions the character class
+``[[:space:]]`` can be used. For example, the following pattern:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ // CHECK: DW_AT_location [DW_FORM_sec_offset] ([[DLOC:0x[0-9a-f]+]]){{[[:space:]].*}}"intd"
+
+matches output of the form (from llvm-dwarfdump):
+
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+ DW_AT_location [DW_FORM_sec_offset] (0x00000233)
+ DW_AT_name [DW_FORM_strp] ( .debug_str[0x000000c9] = "intd")
+
+letting us set the :program:`FileCheck` variable ``DLOC`` to the desired value
+``0x00000233``, extracted from the line immediately preceding "``intd``".