McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils 2.4.1

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.NET Standard 1.6 This package targets .NET Standard 1.6. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Framework 4.5 This package targets .NET Framework 4.5. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
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dotnet add package McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils --version 2.4.1                

                    
                

            
NuGet\Install-Package McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils -Version 2.4.1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils" Version="2.4.1" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils --version 2.4.1                

                    
                

            
#r "nuget: McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils, 2.4.1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils&version=2.4.1

// Install McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils&version=2.4.1

Command-line parsing API and utilities for console applications.

Commonly used types:

McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.CommandLineApplication
McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.CommandOption
McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.IConsole
McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.Prompt
McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.ArgumentEscaper

A community-maintained fork of Microsoft.Extensions.CommandLineUtils, plus many enhancements.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp1.0 was computed.  netcoreapp1.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard1.6 is compatible.  netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net45 is compatible.  net451 was computed.  net452 was computed.  net46 was computed.  net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen30 was computed.  tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
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Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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Version Downloads Last updated
4.1.1 1,111,478 2/19/2024
4.1.0 722,119 8/26/2023
4.0.2 1,628,478 11/19/2022
4.0.1 2,144,868 2/1/2022
4.0.0 662,098 12/27/2021
4.0.0-beta.74 49,168 1/22/2021
4.0.0-beta.56 1,216 1/17/2021
3.1.0 2,968,351 1/10/2021
3.1.0-rc.371 5,631 11/7/2020
3.1.0-beta.356 1,364 9/13/2020
3.1.0-beta.336 569 8/28/2020
3.0.0 2,723,214 3/29/2020
3.0.0-rc.289 4,957 3/21/2020
3.0.0-alpha.268 2,479 3/9/2020
2.6.0 735,264 3/8/2020
2.5.1 242,172 2/7/2020
2.5.0 255,635 1/2/2020
2.4.4 206,196 11/11/2019
2.4.3 28,661 11/1/2019 2.4.3 is deprecated because it has critical bugs.
2.4.2 186,265 9/24/2019 2.4.2 is deprecated because it has critical bugs.
2.4.1 21,147 9/18/2019
2.4.0 18,043 9/14/2019
2.3.4 1,009,940 4/11/2019
2.3.3 206,301 3/11/2019
2.3.2 315,732 2/5/2019
2.3.1 44,228 1/19/2019
2.3.0 267,938 1/1/2019
2.2.5 1,438,628 7/2/2018
2.2.4 292,557 5/25/2018
2.2.3 31,888 5/11/2018
2.2.2 94,841 4/28/2018
2.2.1 107,860 4/11/2018
2.2.0 579,725 3/31/2018
2.2.0-rc 8,273 3/23/2018
2.2.0-beta 3,181 3/8/2018
2.2.0-alpha 3,134 2/20/2018
2.1.1 130,022 12/28/2017
2.1.0 13,754 12/13/2017
2.1.0-rc 3,057 12/7/2017
2.1.0-beta 4,017 11/22/2017
2.1.0-alpha 2,875 11/11/2017
2.0.1 17,628 10/13/2017
2.0.0 18,246 9/16/2017

Features and bug fixes by some awesome contributors:

* @IanG: Attributes for files and directories that must not exist
* @ejball: ArgumentEscaper should escape empty string
* @vpkopylov: Use Pager for help text option only works on top-level help
* @vpkopylov: Add check for subcommand cycle
* @kyle-rader: Multi-line option descriptions do not indent correctly

Other things I fixed:
* Support C# 8.0 and nullable reference types
* Add async methods to CommandLineApplication
* Make `CommandLineApplication.ExecuteAsync` actually asynchronous
* Add async methods that accept cancellation tokens
* Handle CTRL+C by default
* Support calling CommandLineApplication.Execute multiple times

2.4.1 hot fix:
* Workaround a bizarre NuGet bug which causes problems for users in Europe and Asia
 (see https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/8603)
   

See more details here: https://github.com/natemcmaster/CommandLineUtils/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v241