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The Command Line Parser Library offers to .NET CLR applications a clean and concise API for manipulating command line arguments and related tasks.

From the project's readme:

The Command Line Parser Library offers CLR applications a clean and concise API for manipulating command line arguments and related tasks, such as defining switches, options and verb commands. It allows you to display a help screen with a high degree of customization and a simple way to report syntax errors to the end user.

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Command Line Parser Library - Boolean Parameter

I try to pass a boolean parameter to a console application and process the value with the Command Line Parser Library. [Option('c', "closeWindow", Required = true, HelpText = "Close the window.")] public bool CloseWindow { get; set; } I tried to…
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C# CommandLineParser --help printing then stopping

I'm building a C# console app which uses CommandLineParser to get some arguments from cmd. The library already comes by default with the --help (or help verb) to display help information about each parameter accepted. Now when I run the --help…
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Set command line option to false

I'm using the Command Line Parser Library I obtained via NuGet in my C# Console Application, .NET Framework 4.0. Here's my options class... class Options { [Option('p', "prompt", DefaultValue = true, HelpText = "Prompt the user before exiting…
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HelpVerbOption is not working - Command Line Parser C#

I have a class: class Options { // Remainder omitted (verb1, verb2, verb3) [HelpVerbOption] public string GetUsage(string verb) { return HelpText.AutoBuild(this, verb); } } The docs say: [...] The parser will pass null…
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Default values for lists/arrays using Command Line Parser Library

Using Command Line Parser Library and having a list or array with a default value, the default value is printed as (Default: System.String[]). Is there any way to make it show the actual default values? So with [OptionList('l', "languages",…
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How can you access the Value property of a CommandLine Parsed?

How can you access the Value property of a CommandLine Parsed ? Trying to use the CommandLineParser The wiki section on Parsing says the instance of T can be access through the Value property ... If parsing succeeds, you'll get a derived Parsed…
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How to access unbound parameters in C# CommandLine Parser by gsscoder?

There's a CommandLine parser library for C# written by gsscoder (it has its own SO tag and I'm adding it). It parses command-line options in getopt style, i.e.: myprogram --foo --bar=baz abc def ghi It can also have so called “unbound” parameters,…
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Reporting unknown arguments using CommandLineParser

Is there any way to make the Command Line Parser library report unknown arguments? Given the following options class: public class Options { [Option('i', "int-option", DefaultValue = 10, HelpText = "Set the int")] public int IntOption { get;…
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How to retrieve the args array after using AddCommandLine

I am working on a POC for a console application and I am struggling to retrieve the command line values from the configuration after using AddCommandLine in the set up. csproj Exe …
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Command Line Parser Library parsing a List of Enums

I'm trying to get a list of enums as an option. [OptionList('m', "modules", HelpText = "List of modules you are going to install or uninstall.")] public List Modules { get; set; } Unfortunately it expects it to be a list of…
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Marking required set required with CommandLine Parser Library

Using Command Line Parser Library, is there a way to mark a set of say 3 options and make exactly one of the three options required? So having these options: [Option("list-plugins", MutuallyExclusiveSet = "Commands")] public bool ListPLugins { get;…
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CommandLineParser: get Name of Mutually Exclusive Options Set

Using CommandLineParser I can define a set of mutually exclusive options like this (taken from the wiki): class OptionsMutuallyExclusive { //define commands in set(group) named web [Option(SetName = "web")] public string DocumentRoot { get;…
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Parse command line arguments/options in C#

I have a console application with some arguments and options so I would like to use a free third-party library. I have found two libraries for this purpose: NDesk.Options and Command Line Parser Library Finally I have decided to use Command Line…
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How to view CommandLineParser parsing errors in Visual Studio 2015?

I'm trying to see the errors that occur when parsing command-line arguments using the CommandLineParser package and Visual Studio Professional 2015 (Update 3). Here is the code I'm working with: using System; using System.IO; namespace…
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Command Line - bool argument doesn't work

I am trying to use bool argument in my console application. I'm using the CommandLineParser Package, but parser return error. this is my option [Option("randomize", Required = false, DefaultValue = false, HelpText = "Enter \"true\" for the…
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