Helpers for Developing Command Line Interfaces
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 oflower level CLI elements: rules, boxes, trees, and Unicode symbols withASCII alternatives. It supports ANSI markup for terminal colors and fontstyles.
Install the stable version from CRAN:
install.packages("cli")Install the development version from GitHub:
pak::pak("r-lib/cli")Some of the more commonly used cli elements, and features.
One liner messages to inform or warn.
pkgs<-c("foo","bar","foobar")cli_alert_success("Downloaded {length(pkgs)} packages.")db_url<-"example.com:port"cli_alert_info("Reopened database {.url {db_url}}.")cli_alert_warning("Cannot reach GitHub, using local database cache.")cli_alert_danger("Failed to connect to database.")cli_alert("A generic alert")Three levels of headings.
cli_h1("Heading 1")cli_h2("Heading 2")cli_h3("Heading 3")Ordered, unordered and description lists, that can be nested.
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()Theming via a CSS-like language.
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()Automatic command substitution via theglue package.
size<-123143123dt<-1.3454cli_alert_info(c("Downloaded {prettyunits::pretty_bytes(size)} in ","{prettyunits::pretty_sec(dt)}"))Pluralization support.
nfiles<-3ndirs<-1cli_alert_info("Found {nfiles} file{?s} and {ndirs} director{?y/ies}.")clean<-function() {cli_progress_bar("Cleaning data",total =100)for (iin1:100) {Sys.sleep(5/100)cli_progress_update() }}clean()See athttps://cli.r-lib.org/and also in the installed package:help(package = "cli").
Please note that the cli project is released with aContributor Codeof Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide byits terms.
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