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Command Line Interface Guidelines

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Command Line Interface Guidelines

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Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year ago

An open-source guide to help you write better command-line programs, taking traditional UNIX principles and updating them for the modern day.

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I’ve been using this guide for writing a CLI tool for my company. Kudos to the authors for the amazing insights.
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  FWIW a good library will do a lot of this for you - e.g. clap for Rust.
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    Yes. I’m using Python Click FYI.
    
    I mean I’ve been writing a CLI tool, not a CLI engine.

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