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Commander is a popular command-line arguments parser for Node.js. Use this tag for questions about using the Commander npm package.

Commander is a popular command-line arguments parser for Node.js. You specify the options and commands and command-arguments in code, and Commander does the parsing of the command-line arguments and help generation and error detection.

Use this tag for questions about using the Commander npm package.

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ORA Spinner stops on CLI with Inquirer.js

Don't know what to title the question but I will try my best to convey in the rest of the question. I am developing a CLI which first prompt user for a few questions and clone a repository based on the answers. Example: Frontend Framework: [x] Vue […
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commander.js simple use case: one single file argument

I've seen that most people use commander npm package when having to deal with command-line parsing. I would like to use it as well because it seems to have pretty advanced functionality (e.g. commands, help, option flags, etc). However, for the…
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Commander throws error for command with description

Here is a simple example of adding command in nodejs using commander: 'use strict'; const {Command} = require('commander'); const run = () => { const program = new Command(); console.log('CMD'); program.command('cmd [opts...]') …
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Proper way to make callbacks async by wrapping them using `co`?

It is 2016, Node has had nearly full ES6 support since v4, and Promises have been around since 0.12. It's time to leave callbacks in the dust IMO. I'm working on a commander.js-based CLI util which leverages a lot of async operations - http requests…
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Dynamically create subcommands with options using Commander.js

I am trying to create a CLI that can dynamically create subcommands with options. I have a main program named 'dashboard'. I want to create 'login' and a 'logout' subcommands that have options. I can't seem to get the subcommand options to run. It…
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Node Commander.js catching options passed to Mocha when running tests

I've recently introduced commander.js to a project and use it in various scripts to parse CLI arguments. I'll give one example of where it's been used: const { program } = require('commander'); program .description('Import customers and…
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Where do compiled NodeJs apps read the dotenv file from at execute time?

I am writing a commanderjs app, that uses dotenv. The app is that is compiled using pkg . I have compiled the app for linux and moved the binary to /usr/local/bin, for it to be available on my PATH. I am running the app from a shell script in…
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How to process options before commands in commander.js?

This is my code: const {program} = require('commander'); program .option('--foo') .command('bar').action((str, opts) => { console.log('bar!'); }) program.parse(); if (program.opts().foo) { console.log('foo!'); } I run it like node…
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Find the type of the file/folder passed to the CLI in nodejs

I'm creating a CLI app and using commander to process the commands entered by the user. program .option('-i , --index', 'file ') // option for adding a file/folder const options = program.opts(); if(option.index){ // do sth } And the user can enter…
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Short help and long help in commander

I am using commander package as CLI parser. commander .command('command1 ' ) .description('description 1 goes here') .command('command2 ' ) .description('description 2 goes here') Is there a way to…
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Is there a way to overwrite commander js usage information?

I want to completely overwrite usage information from commander js: Usage: name [options] Options: -V, --version output the version number -h, --help display help for command to create my own. However, I cannot find option to do that.
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Nodejs - passing commander arguments to forever-monitor child process

I have this node cli script #!/usr/bin/env node const path = require('path'); const forever = require('forever-monitor'); const script = path.format({dir: __dirname, base: 'pager.js'}); const chalk = require('chalk'); const commander =…
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webpack Error: Cannot find module 'commander'

I get an error when I run in the CLI ./node_modules/.bin/webpack index.js --mode=development Here's the error: node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:903 throw err; ^ Error: Cannot find module 'commander' Require stack: -…
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Commands for Commander not returning data

I'm trying to build a node cli to keep an organized planner. I have 'locate' command that goes to the options for commands either 'find' or 'list', but no data is being shown even though the mongoose functions are working correctly. 'todo locate…
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passing string with spaces to node cli-parser

var minimist = require("minimist") const a = minimist(`executable --param "a b"`.split(' ')) console.log(a) https://runkit.com/embed/57837xcuv5v0 actual output: Object {_: ["executable", "b\""], param: "\"a"} expected output: Object {_:…
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