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Yargs be a node.js library fer hearties tryin' ter parse optstrings.
Yargs helps you build interactive command line tools, by parsing arguments and generating an elegant user interface. It gives you:
my-program.js serve --port=5000
).npm i yargs --save
#!/usr/bin/env node const argv = require('yargs').argv if (argv.ships > 3 && argv.distance < 53.5) { console.log('Plunder more riffiwobbles!') } else { console.log('Retreat from the xupptumblers!') }
$ ./plunder.js --ships=4 --distance=22 Plunder more riffiwobbles! $ ./plunder.js --ships 12 --distance 98.7 Retreat from the xupptumblers!
#!/usr/bin/env node require('yargs') // eslint-disable-line .command('serve [port]', 'start the server', (yargs) => { yargs .positional('port', { describe: 'port to bind on', default: 5000 }) }, (argv) => { if (argv.verbose) console.info(`start server on :${argv.port}`) serve(argv.port) }) .option('verbose', { alias: 'v', default: false }) .argv
Run the example above with --help
to see the help for the application.