{"id":30728,"date":"2016-05-04T12:13:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T06:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/?p=30728"},"modified":"2016-05-04T14:57:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T09:27:08","slug":"create-cli-in-nodejs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/create-cli-in-nodejs\/","title":{"rendered":"Create CLI in Nodejs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wanted to create a command line tool for sharing files for some time now, but given all the things we have to go through to do that same was a hassle. But after getting to know Node.js<\/a> more, \u00a0I have never thought it would be done with so much ease. NPM helps us to make it an easy and time saving process. <\/span><\/p>\n

After creating and publishing my first CLI module , I want to share these simple steps to create your own CLI module. \u00a0In this blog, we will see how to make a node script do things on the command line.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will also see an example of a<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>file-share module.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1 : Node and NPM installation<\/b><\/p>\n

Here We assume that you have <\/span>NodeJs<\/i><\/b> and <\/span>NPM <\/i><\/b>(Node package manager) installed on your computer. If not, please install both before we proceed further. <\/span><\/p>\n

Installing <\/span>NodeJs<\/i><\/b> and <\/span>NPM <\/i><\/b><\/strong>is a simple process, <\/i>to do so follow this<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>link<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 2 : Creating project and package.json configuration<\/b><\/p>\n

Now, create a project and run npm init<\/strong> .<\/p>\n

NPM will ask you to enter some configuration values for your project. You can provide input or can choose to skip it by pressing <\/span>enter<\/span><\/i> key. <\/span><\/i>You can edit these entries anytime in future. It will create a template <\/span>package.json <\/span><\/i>file. <\/span><\/p>\n

NPM uses package.json<\/em> file to know about your project and to install its dependencies.<\/p>\n

Now make following changes in package.json<\/em> file :<\/p>\n