shell-arguments

This module serialize the arguments passed to the npm, node, nodemon, forever, or pm2, and convert this arguments to json.

Install

1npm install --save shell-arguments

and in your .js file

1import arguments from 'shell-arguments';
2
3console.log(arguments);

now, var arguments, return a object, with your data, example:

1node app.js -b --test
2=> {b: true, test: true}

If you want apply false, use

1node app.js -b=false --test="false"
2=> {b: false, test: false}

Note that the string with false value was converted to a boolean false, because this module convert primitive values.

Too accept other values, like below:

1node app.js -o '/Desktop/teste' --output="/Desktop/teste"
2=> {o: '/Desktop/teste', output: '/Desktop/teste'}

Convert primitive values

1node app.js --port 8080 --numbers="2", --allow="false" --private="true"
2=> {port: 8080, numbers: 2, allow: false, private: true}

Multiple flags with a single -, example:

1node app.js -rpqs
2=> {r: true, p: true, q: true, s: true}

Apply value with =, or space:

1node app.js --output '/Desktop/test' --config="test"
2=> {output: '/Desktop/test', config: 'test'}