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<h3 id="basic-usage">Basic usage</h3>
<pre><code class="language-js">var argv = require('yargs').argv;
argv._ // [ ... ]
argv.$0 // "node bin/mybin"
argv.verbose // --verbose
</code></pre>
<h3 id="help-and-version">Help and version</h3>
<pre><code class="language-js">var argv = require('yargs')
// version
.alias('v', 'version')
.version(function() { return require('../package').version; })
.describe('v', 'show version information')
// help text
.alias('h', 'help')
.help('help')
.usage('Usage: $0 -x [num]')
.showHelpOnFail(false, "Specify --help for available options")
</code></pre>
<h3 id="options">Options</h3>
<pre><code class="language-js"> .option('f', {
alias : 'file',
describe: 'x marks the spot',
type: 'string', /* array | boolean | string */
nargs: 1,
demand: true,
demand: 'file is required',
default: '/etc/passwd'
// also: count:true, requiresArg:true
})
.options({
f: { ... }
})
</code></pre>
<h3 id="examples-and-more-help-stuff">Examples and more help stuff</h3>
<pre><code class="language-js"> // more help
.example('...')
.epilog('copyright 2015')
.command('start', 'start a server')
</code></pre>
<h3 id="stacking">Stacking</h3>
<pre><code class="language-js"> .count('verbose')
argv.verbose // -vvv =&gt; 3
</code></pre>
<h3 id="reject-non-explicits">Reject non explicits</h3>
<pre><code class="language-js"> .strict()
</code></pre>
<h3 id="methods">Methods</h3>
<pre><code>yargs.showHelp()
yargs.help() //=&gt;string
</code></pre>
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