switch back to file based input for `Targets` and switch `Target` to

receive a goflags.StringSlice (`[]string`) as an argument

README.md

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Usage:
 
 Flags:
 TARGET:
-   -u, -target string  target URL/host to scan
+   -u, -target string  target URLs/hosts to scan
    -l, -list string    path to file containing a list of target URLs/hosts to scan (one per line)
 
 TEMPLATES:

v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go

@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ func readConfig() {
 on extensive configurability, massive extensibility and ease of use.`)
 
 	createGroup(flagSet, "input", "Target",
-		flagSet.StringVarP(&options.Target, "target", "u", "", "target URL/host to scan"),
-		flagSet.StringSliceVarP(&options.Targets, "list", "l", []string{}, "list of target URL/hosts to scan"),
-		flagSet.StringVarP(&options.TargetsFile, "file", "f", "", "path to file containing a list of target URLs/hosts to scan (one per line)"),
+		flagSet.StringSliceVarP(&options.Target, "target", "u", []string{}, "target URLs/hosts to scan"),
+		flagSet.StringVarP(&options.Targets, "list", "l", "", "path to file containing a list of target URLs/hosts to scan (one per line)"),
 	)
 
 	createGroup(flagSet, "templates", "Templates",

v2/internal/runner/runner.go

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func New(options *types.Options) (*Runner, error) {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-	if (len(options.Templates) == 0 || !options.NewTemplates || (len(options.Targets) == 0 && !options.Stdin && options.Target == "" && options.TargetsFile == "")) && options.UpdateTemplates {
+	if (len(options.Templates) == 0 || !options.NewTemplates || (len(options.Targets) == 0 && !options.Stdin && len(options.Target) == 0)) && options.UpdateTemplates {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 	hm, err := hybrid.New(hybrid.DefaultDiskOptions)
@@ -138,15 +138,8 @@ func New(options *types.Options) (*Runner, error) {
 	dupeCount := 0
 
 	// Handle single target
-	if options.Target != "" {
-		runner.inputCount++
-		// nolint:errcheck // ignoring error
-		runner.hostMap.Set(options.Target, nil)
-	}
-
-	// Handle multiple targets
-	if len(options.Targets) != 0 {
-		for _, target := range options.Targets {
+	if len(options.Target) != 0 {
+		for _, target := range options.Target {
 			runner.inputCount++
 			// nolint:errcheck // ignoring error
 			runner.hostMap.Set(target, nil)
@@ -172,8 +165,8 @@ func New(options *types.Options) (*Runner, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Handle taget file
-	if options.TargetsFile != "" {
-		input, inputErr := os.Open(options.TargetsFile)
+	if options.Targets != "" {
+		input, inputErr := os.Open(options.Targets)
 		if inputErr != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(inputErr, "could not open targets file")
 		}

v2/internal/testutils/testutils.go

@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ var DefaultOptions = &types.Options{
 	RateLimit:          150,
 	ProjectPath:        "",
 	Severity:           []string{},
-	Target:             "",
-	Targets:            []string{},
-	TargetsFile:        "",
+	Target:             []string{},
+	Targets:            "",
 	Output:             "",
 	ProxyURL:           "",
 	ProxySocksURL:      "",

v2/pkg/types/types.go

@@ -33,11 +33,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	// InteractshURL is the URL for the interactsh server.
 	InteractshURL string
 	// Target is a single URL/Domain to scan using a template
-	Target string
+	Target goflags.StringSlice
 	// Targets specifies the targets to scan using templates.
-	Targets goflags.StringSlice
-	// TargetsFile specifies the targets in a file to scan using templates.
-	TargetsFile string
+	Targets string
 	// Output is the file to write found results to.
 	Output string
 	// ProxyURL is the URL for the proxy server