Nested commands with commander

Question

I have the following code

export const program = new Command();

program.version('0.0.1');

program
  .command('groups')
  .command('create')
  .action(() => console.log('creating'))
  .command('delete')
  .action(() => console.log('deleting-all'))

program.parse(process.argv)

What I want to achieve is something like

groups create and groups delete

The code however chains that delete to the create. It recognizes groups create and groups create delete (which I dont want) but does not recognize the groups delete

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '21 at 01:02

8

You want to add the delete subcommand to the groups command. e.g.

const { Command } = require('commander');

const program = new Command();

program.version('0.0.1');

const groups = program
  .command('groups');
groups
  .command('create')
  .action(() => console.log('creating'))
groups
  .command('delete')
  .action(() => console.log('deleting-all'))

program.parse(process.argv)

The related example file is: https://github.com/tj/commander.js/blob/master/examples/nestedCommands.js

answered Feb 21 '21 at 01:02

shadowspawn

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Can you add deeply nested commands? Like `foo groups something other create`? – Lance Jun 08 '23 at 10:18
Yes. Just add each new subcommand to the previous command and build up a chain. – shadowspawn Jun 09 '23 at 01:38

Nested commands with commander

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