cli
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> Helpers for Developing Command Line Interfaces



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A suite of tools to build attractive command line interfaces (CLIs),
from semantic elements: headers, lists, alerts, paragraphs, etc.
Supports theming via a CSS-like language. It also contains a number of
lower level CLI elements: rules, boxes, trees, and Unicode symbols with
ASCII alternatives. It supports ANSI markup for terminal colors and font
styles.

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# Features

- Build a CLI using semantic elements: headings, lists, alerts,
  paragraphs.
- Theming via a CSS-like language.
- Terminal colors and font styles.
- All cli text can contain interpreted string literals, via the
  [glue](https://github.com/tidyverse/glue) package.
- Progress bars from R and C code.
- Error and warning messages with rich text formatting.
- Support for pluralized messages.
- ANSI styled string manipulation.

# Installation

Install the stable version from CRAN:

``` r
install.packages("cli")
```

Install the development version from GitHub:

``` r
pak::pak("r-lib/cli")
```

# Short tour

Some of the more commonly used cli elements, and features.

## Short alert messages

One liner messages to inform or warn.

``` r
pkgs <- c("foo", "bar", "foobar")
cli_alert_success("Downloaded {length(pkgs)} packages.")
```


``` r
db_url <- "example.com:port"
cli_alert_info("Reopened database {.url {db_url}}.")
```


``` r
cli_alert_warning("Cannot reach GitHub, using local database cache.")
```


``` r
cli_alert_danger("Failed to connect to database.")
```


``` r
cli_alert("A generic alert")
```


## Headings

Three levels of headings.

``` r
cli_h1("Heading 1")
```


``` r
cli_h2("Heading 2")
```


``` r
cli_h3("Heading 3")
```


## Lists

Ordered, unordered and description lists, that can be nested.

``` r
fun <- function() {
  cli_ol()
  cli_li("Item 1")
  ulid <- cli_ul()
  cli_li("Subitem 1")
  cli_li("Subitem 2")
  cli_end(ulid)
  cli_li("Item 2")
  cli_end()
}
fun()
```


## Themes

Theming via a CSS-like language.

``` r
fun <- function() {
  cli_div(theme = list(span.emph = list(color = "orange")))
  cli_text("This is very {.emph important}")
  cli_end()
  cli_text("Back to the {.emph previous theme}")
}
fun()
```


## Command substitution

Automatic command substitution via the
[glue](https://github.com/tidyverse/glue) package.

``` r
size <- 123143123
dt <- 1.3454
cli_alert_info(c(
  "Downloaded {prettyunits::pretty_bytes(size)} in ",
  "{prettyunits::pretty_sec(dt)}"))
```


## Pluralization

Pluralization support.

``` r
nfiles <- 3
ndirs <- 1
cli_alert_info("Found {nfiles} file{?s} and {ndirs} director{?y/ies}.")
```


## Progress bars

``` r
clean <- function() {
  cli_progress_bar("Cleaning data", total = 100)
  for (i in 1:100) {
    Sys.sleep(5/100)
    cli_progress_update()
  }
}
clean()
```


# Documentation

See at
[`https://cli.r-lib.org/`](https://cli.r-lib.org/reference/index.html)
and also in the installed package: `help(package = "cli")`.

# Code of Conduct

Please note that the cli project is released with a [Contributor Code of
Conduct](https://cli.r-lib.org/dev/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.html). By
contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.

# License

MIT © Posit Software, PBC
