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Information

Package	argus
Description	Complex CLI argument parser
Node Version	>= 0.4

Details

Argus allows you to pass an array of complex data to your application through a CLI. This can be an array of objects, strings, numbers, you name it. Anything valid JSON array can be used.

Usage

``coffee-script


You can pass an array of JSON values

mycli dostuff["johnny boy",true,-1] # {"dostuff":["johnny boy",true,-1]}

You can set it to a single JSON value

mycli dostuff=true # {"dostuff":true}

You can mix single and multi-value commands

mycli dostuff=true:otherstuff[true,2.05,"test"] # {"dostuff":true, "otherstuff":[true,2.05,"test"]}

Non-JSON arguments used with = will be turned into strings

mycli dostuff=testlol # {"dostuff":"testlol"}
``

Quirks

Bash doesn't agree with a lot of JSON characters so some escaping may be required. Still looking for a solution to this.

LICENSE

(MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2012 Fractal

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