This repository contains the code for the System.CommandLine libraries and the dotnet-suggest
global tool. For more information, see our wiki.
Package | Version | Description |
---|---|---|
System.CommandLine |
Command line parser, model binding, invocation, shell completions | |
System.CommandLine.DragonFruit |
Build command-line apps by convention with a strongly-typed Main method |
|
System.CommandLine.Rendering |
Structured terminal output rendering and ANSI support | |
System.CommandLine.Hosting |
support for using System.CommandLine with Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting | |
dotnet-suggest |
A command-line tool to provide shell completions for apps built using System.CommandLine . |
Daily builds are available if you add this feed to your nuget.config: https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet5/nuget/v3/index.json.
- Suggestions (tab completion)
- Help
- Version option
- Parse preview
- Debugging
- Response files
- Termination handling
- Add a subcommand (or verb)
- Add an alias to an option or command
- Call a method
- Pass parameters to a method
- Argument validation and binding
- Middleware Pipeline
You can try out System.CommandLine
using an interactive tutorial that showcases its features and APIs, powered by Try .NET.
To use the tutorial, first clone the command-line-api
repository:
> git clone https://github.com/dotnet/command-line-api
Next, install the dotnet try
global tool:
> dotnet tool install -g Microsoft.dotnet-try
Finally, launch the dotnet try
pointing to the tutorial directory inside the cloned repository:
> dotnet try <PATH_TO_COMMAND_LINE_API_REPO>/docs
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