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tarsana/command
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A framework to build command line applications and share them with the world

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Tarsana Command
===============

[](#tarsana-command)

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A library to build command line applications using PHP. This is part of the [Tarsana Project](https://github.com/tarsana/specs).

Table of Contents
=================

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Your First Command](#your-first-command)
- [Initializing The Command](#initializing-the-command)
- [Showing The Help And Version Of A Command](#showing-the-help-and-version-of-a-command)
- [Reading & Writing to The Console](#reading--writing-to-the-console)
- [Defining Arguments and Options](#defining-arguments-and-options)
- [Reading Arguments and Options Interactively](#reading-arguments-and-options-interactively) **Since version 1.1.0**
- [Handeling The Filesystem](#handeling-the-filesystem)
- [Loading Configuration](#loading-configuration) **New on version 1.2.0**
- [Rendering Templates](#rendering-templates)
- [Adding SubCommands](#adding-sub-commands)
- [Testing Commands](#testing-commands)
- [What's Next](#whats-next)
- [Development Notes](#development-notes)

Installation
============

[](#installation)

Install it using Composer

```
composer require tarsana/command

```

Your First Command
==================

[](#your-first-command)

Let's write a "Hello World" command. Create a file `hello.php` with the following content:

```