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clie

Evented command-line.

Usage

Programmatically

Enable

// your module main.js
"use strict";

var clie = require('clie'),
    path = require('path');

var commandsDirectory = path.normalize(path.join(__dirname, 'commands'));

module.exports = clie({commandsDirectory: commandsDirectory});

Use

// module that uses your module
var myModule = require('my-module');
myModule.commands // has all the commands

Command-Line

Use

Call cli() on required module.

// your module cli.js
#!/usr/bin/env node
"use strict";

var commandEmitter = require('../index.js').cli();

commandEmitter.on('data', function (data) {
    console.log(data);
});

commandEmitter.on('error', function (error) {
    console.error(error);
});

Create a command

// commands/one.js
"use strict";

var clie = require('clie');

var one = module.exports = clie.command(function (args) {
    var self = this;
    self.data('one').end();
});

one.usage = [
  "\nUsage: my-module one",
  "",
  "Displays 'one'"
].join('\n');

Reuse commands within commands

To require the module the command belongs to, it must be called within the command body as depicted below (var myModule = require('../index.js')).

"use strict";

var clie = require('clie');

var two = module.exports = clie.command(function (args) {
    var self = this;
    var myModule = require('../index.js');

    if (args.params.usage) return self.data(two.usage).end();

    if (args.params.one) {
        var oneEmitter = myModule.commands.one(args);
        oneEmitter.on('data', self.data);
        oneEmitter.on('error', self.error);
        oneEmitter.on('end', self.end);
    } else {
        self.data('two').end();
    }
});

two.usage = [
  "\nUsage: my-module two [options]",
  "           options: --one (Display 'one' instead of 'two')"
].join('\n');

Releases

We follow semantic versioning policy (semver.org) with a caveat:

Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:

MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes,
MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner, and
PATCH version when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes.

caveat: Major version zero is a special case indicating development version that may make incompatible API changes without incrementing MAJOR version.

Usage no npm install needed!