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An overview of the CLI and the available commands
The CLI comes with a few commands that can be used to generate your application scaffold, as well as manage the configuration and default values.
Commands
The following commands are used by passing them to the cli binary as arguments. e.g. cligen new or cligen help configure.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| help, h | Displays the help page for cligen. If called with a command (e.g. new), it will display the help text for that particular command |
| new | Starts the scaffold generator wizard in the current directory to generate a new cli application |
| configure | Starts the configuration wizard to step through setting up or updating an existing configuration file |
Global options
The following options are globally available to all commands.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -h, –help | Displays the help page for cligen, call it on a specific command to display the help for that command |
| -v, –version | Display the version of the local binary |