CLI command line tool | 10x Developer

How to create a package that can be used as cli (and package)?

Folder Structure

use the generator:

create a bin folder, create a file called: 'my-cli'

#!/usr/bin/env node
require(__dirname+'/../dist/my-cli')

Update your package.json:

"files": [
    "dist",
    "bin"
  ],
"main": "./dist/index.js",
"bin": {
    "my-cli": "./bin/my-cli"
},

So the flow is:
- We tell package the bin file is in the bin folder
- The bin file invokes the actual script in dist folder
- We develop the script in lib folder and babel the source ('prepublish') to dist folder
- To test locally on dev machine
  npm link # then start using the cli version
- To publish internally, do
  npm version minor # update version npm pack # this will create the abc-1.0.0.tgz file # to install and use npm install -g abc-1.0.0.tgz

Reference:

Useful Libs

- to run, do coffee make testName