ez-cli-tools
v2.1.0
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Typescript first CLI tools for Node.js with zero dependencies
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EZ CLI Tools
A Typescript first CLI tools for Node.js with zero dependencies. Easy to use to get command line input from questions and generating lists of options that the user can select from.
Installation
NPM
npm install ez-cli-tools
Yarn
yarn add ez-cli-tools
PNPM
pnpm add ez-cli-tools
Usage
Brief Example
import { writeLine, ask, select, printSpinner, endIntervalAndClearStatus } from 'ez-cli-tools';
import { setTimeout } from 'timers/promises';
(async () => {
const name = await ask('What is your name?');
writeLine(`Hello ${name}`);
const game = await select('Shall we play a game?', ['Checkers', 'Chess', 'Tic-Tac-Toe', 'Global Thermonuclear War']);
writeLine(`Great! Let's play ${game}`);
const intervalId = printSpinner();
await setTimeout(10000); // Normally you would be doing a long running operation here, which is why you would show a spinner
endIntervalAndClearStatus(intervalId);
writeLine('An interesting game. The only winning move is not to play.');
})();