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Command Line Interface Guidelines (clig.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by dukerutledge@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] h_a_r_u_k_i@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using this guide for writing a CLI tool for my company. Kudos to the authors for the amazing insights.

[–] nivenkos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FWIW a good library will do a lot of this for you - e.g. clap for Rust.

[–] h_a_r_u_k_i@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes. I'm using Python Click FYI.

I mean I've been writing a CLI tool, not a CLI engine.