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This Wiki is currently a WIP and intended for use with command-line-args version 5 (next).

Documentation

• API reference
  • commandLineArgs(optionDefinitions, [options])
  • OptionDefinition
• Notation rules

Parse options

More detail and examples regarding the options you can pass to commandLineArgs.

• partial
• stopAtFirstUnknown
  • Terminate parsing at the -- arg
  • Implement multiple command parsing (docker-style).
• camelCase

Option definition features

Examples of various option definition features.

• Multiples
  • Greedy
  • Lazy
  • Avoiding ambiguity
• Using custom option types
• Usage guide generator

Other usage examples

Miscellaneous other examples.

• Typical usage
• Validation
• Usage in a mocha test script