bin-tool

The utility tool to create powerful command line tools

Install

$ npm i bin-tool

Usage

For example with annotations, see example

/path/to/project
    |-- cli.js
    |-- commands
        |-- serve.js
    |-- package.json

cli.js

const {Command} = require('bin-tool')
const path = require('path')
 
class Bin extends Command {
  constructor () {
    super()
    this.load(path.join(__dirname, 'commands'))
  }
}
 
new Bin().start()

serve.js

const {Command} = require('bin-tool')
 
module.exports = class extends Command {
  constructor () {
    super()
    this.options = {
      port: {
        type: 'number',
        default: 3000,
        description: 'port to bind on'
      }
    }
  }
 
  run ({argv}) {
    serve(argv.port)
  }
}

package.json

{
  "name": "bin",
  "bin": {
    "bin": "./cli"
  }
}

npm link
bin serve --port 8080

new Command(argv = process.argv)

• argv Array specify the process argv

In most cases, we leave the argv unspecified to use the default value process.argv except for test purpose.

load(path): this

• path string the full absolute path of the directory that contains sub commands

Load subtle commands

setter: offset number

Set the offset of process.argv defaults to 2

setter: options object

Set the options of the command

setter: usage string

Set the usage of the command

setter: version string

Set the semantic version of the command

override: run({cwd, argv, rawArgv}): void | Promise

• cwd the current working directory which equals to process.cwd()
• argv object the parsed argv object
• rawArgv Array the raw process argv

The method to override to define the behavior of the current command. If the method is not overridden, it will showHelp()

The argv object has a special argv.__ property which contains the arguments after '--'

alias(alias, commandName): this

• alias string the alias name of the command
• commandName string the original command name

Add an alias name for a command commandName

async start(): void

Start the command

errHandler(err)

Handle an error

showHelp()

Print help message of the current command to stdout

License

MIT