@dotbox/cli v1.0.2

@dotbox/cli

A tool for compiling and formatting DotBox files.

Installation

# Using npm.
npm install --global @dotbox/cli

# Using yarn.
yarn add --global @dotbox/cli

# Or run directly with npx.
npx @dotbox/cli

Usage

# Print the help message
dotbox --help

DESCRIPTION

    A tool for compiling and formatting DotBox files.

USAGE

    $ dotbox <command> [options]

COMMANDS

    fmt, format               Format one or more files
    cmp, compile              Compile a file to JSON

OPTIONS

    --help, -h                Show this help message
    --verbose, -v             Set logging verbosity

EXAMPLE

    $ # Get help for commands.
    $ dotbox format --help
    $ dotbox compile --help

    $ # Run DotBox with verbose logging.
    $ dotbox -v
    $ dotbox -vv

    $ # Run DotBox with no logging.
    $ LOG_LEVEL=SILENT dotbox

    $ # Run DotBox with timestamps.
    $ LOG_TIMESTAMP=TRUE dotbox

    $ # Filter logs from DotBox (based on log prefix).
    $ DEBUG="^some-regex$" dotbox

Logging

DotBox makes use of @littlethings/log to implement its logging functionality. @littlethings/log which can be configured with environment variables like DEBUG to modify how DotBox logs things.

Formatting

DotBox comes with a formatter to keep your code easily readable.

# For help with the `format` command.
dotbox format --help

DESCRIPTION

    Format DotBox files.

USAGE

    $ dotbox format [options] <files>

OPTIONS

    --help, -h                Show this help message

EXAMPLE

    $ # Format a single file.
    $ dotbox format ./my.box

    $ # Format multiple files.
    $ dotbox format ./my.box ./my_other.box

Compiling

DotBox can compile a .box file to .json.

# For help with the `compile` command.
dotbox compile --help

DESCRIPTION

    Compile DotBox files to JSON.

USAGE

    $ dotbox compile <file> [options]

OPTIONS

    --help, -h                Show this help message
    --output, -o              Write the resulting JSON to a file

EXAMPLE

    $ # Compile a file and print the resulting JSON.
    $ dotbox compile ./my.box

    $ # Compile a file and write the resulting JSON to a file.
    $ dotbox compile ./my.box --output ./my.json