Synopsis

An interactive representation of an object for the CLI similar to that of console.dir() in webkit.

Motivation

Why? Sometimes you have a lot of data that gets dumped to the screen. It's hard to keep track of it visually. A lot of the time you are just looking for one item in a sea of data. Progressive disclosure helps.

Usage

First, require the module. Then use console.dir(somecode) in your program and then use tab or shift+tab to cycle through the object's members. You can hit space, return or enter to expand a member. See the example below.

Hit ctrl+c or q to quit!

There is a CLI version too if you want to use it. npm install cdir -g.

``js

console.dir = require('../dir');

var stuff = {
"name" : "dir",
"description" : "An interactive console.dir() for the terminal.",
"tags" : [
"console",
"debug",
"debugging",
"json",
"interacive",
"prompt"
]
"foo": function() {
return "node tests/test.js"
}
};

console.dir(stuff);

``

The output looks something like this.