Description
Simple library to made parsing CLI arguments easy.
Library allows to print usage help "out of box".
For example of usage check Examples directory.
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NFlags
Simple yet powerfull library to made parsing CLI arguments easy. Library also allow to print usage help and application version "out of box".
For example of usage check Examples directory.
QuickStart
- Install NFLags from NuGet.
- Start new console project.
- Configure NFLags:
c# Cli.Configure(configure => configure .SetDialect(Dialect.Gnu) .SetName("QuickStart") .SetDescription("This is NFlags") .EnableVersionOption() ) .Root(rc => rc .RegisterFlag("flag1", "f", "Flag description", false) .RegisterOption("option", "o", "Option description", "optionDefaultValue") .RegisterParameter("param", "Param description", "ParamDefaultValue") .RegisterCommand("subcommand", "Subcommand Description", sc => sc .SetExecute((commandArgs, output) => output.WriteLine("This is subcommand: " + commandArgs.GetParameter<string>("SubParameter"))) .RegisterParameter("SubParameter", "SubParameter description", "SubParameterValue") ) .RegisterParamSeries("paramSeries", "paramSeriesDescription") .SetExecute((commandArgs, output) => output.WriteLine("This is root command: " + commandArgs.GetParameter<string>("param"))) ). Run(args);Run application and enjoy: ``` $> dotnet NFlags.QuickStart.dll This is root command: ParamDefaultValue% $> dotnet NFlags.QuickStart.dll xxx This is root command: xxx $> dotnet NFlags.QuickStart.dll --help Usage: QuickStart [COMMAND] [OPTIONS]... [PARAMETERS]...
This is NFlags
Commands:
command Sub command Description
Parameters:
<param> Param description (Default: 'ParamDefaultValue')
<paramSeries...> paramSeriesDescription
Options:
--flag1, -f Flag description
--option <option>, -o <option> Option description (Default: 'optionDefaultValue')
--help, -h Prints this help
--version, -v Prints application version
$> dotnet NFlags.QuickStart.dll subcommand This is subcommand: SubParameterValue $> dotnet NFlags.QuickStart.dll subcommand yyy This is subcommand: yyy $> dotnet NFlags.QuickStart.dll command --help Usage: QuickStart command [OPTIONS]... [PARAMETERS]...
This is NFlags
Parameters:
<Parameter> Sub parameter description (Default: 'SubParameterValue')
Options:
--help, -h Prints this help
--version, -v Prints application version
$>
## Documentation
[See details on NFlags GitHub pages](https://bartoszgolek.github.io/NFlags/)
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the NFlags README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.