test/public/themes/simple/_grunt/node_modules/meow

meow

CLI app helper

Features

• Parses arguments using minimist
• Converts flags to camelCase
• Outputs version when --version
• Outputs description and supplied help text when --help

Install

$ npm install --save meow

Usage

$ ./foo-app.js unicorns --rainbow-cake

#!/usr/bin/env node
'use strict';
var meow = require('meow');
var fooApp = require('./');

var cli = meow({
	help: [
		'Usage',
		'  foo-app <input>'
	]
});
/*
{
	input: ['unicorns'],
	flags: {rainbowCake: true},
	...
}
*/

fooApp(cli.input[0], cli.flags);

API

meow(options, minimistOptions)

Returns an object with:

• input (array) - Non-flag arguments
• flags (object) - Flags converted to camelCase
• pkg (object) - The package.json object
• help (object) - The help text used with --help
• showHelp() (function) - Show the help text and exit

options

help

Type: array, string, boolean

The help text you want shown.

If it's an array each item will be a line.

If you don't specify anything, it will still show the package.json "description".

Set it to false to disable it all together.

version

Type: string, boolean
Default: the package.json "version" property

Set a custom version output.

Set it to false to disable it all together.

pkg

Type: string, object
Default: package.json

Relative path to package.json or it as an object.

argv

Type: array
Default: process.argv.slice(2)

Custom arguments object.

minimistOptions

Type: object
Default: {}

Minimist options.

Tip

Use get-stdin if you need to accept input from stdin.

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus