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NAME

dotnet -- General driver for running the command-line commands

SYNOPSIS

dotnet [--version] [--help] [--verbose] [--info] <command> [<args>]

DESCRIPTION

dotnet is a generic driver for the Command Line Interface (CLI) toolchain. Invoked on its own, it will give out brief usage instructions.

Each specific feature is implemented as a command. In order to use the feature, the command is specified afterdotnet, such asdotnet build. All of the arguments following the command are its own arguments.

The only timedotnet is used as a command on its own is to run portable apps. Just specify a portable application DLL after thedotnet verb to execute the application.

OPTIONS

-v, --verbose

Enables verbose output.

--version

Prints out the version of the CLI tooling.

--info

Prints out more detailed information about the CLI tooling, such as the current operating system, commit SHA for the version, etc.

-h, --help

Prints out a short help and a list of current commands.

DOTNET COMMANDS

The following commands exist for dotnet:

• dotnet-new
  • Initializes a C# or F# console application project.
• dotnet-restore
  • Restores the dependencies for a given application.
• dotnet-build
  • Builds a .NET Core application.
• dotnet-publish
  • Publishes a .NET portable or self-contained application.
• dotnet-run
  • Runs the application from source.
• dotnet-test
  • Runs tests using a test runner specified in the project.json.
• dotnet-pack
  • Creates a NuGet package of your code.

EXAMPLES

dotnet new

Initializes a sample .NET Core console application that can be compiled and run.

dotnet restore

Restores dependencies for a given application.

dotnet compile

Compiles the application in a given directory.

dotnet myapp.dll

Runs a portable app namedmyapp.dll.

ENVIRONMENT

NUGET_PACKAGES

The primary package cache. If not set, it defaults to $HOME/.nuget/packages on Unix or %HOME%\NuGet\Packages on Windows.

DOTNET_SERVICING

Specifies the location of the servicing index to use by the shared host when loading the runtime.

DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT

Specifies whether data about the .NET Core tools usage is collected and sent to Microsoft.true to opt-out of the telemetry feature (values true, 1 or yes accepted); otherwise,false (values false, 0 or no accepted). If not set, it defaults tofalse, that is, the telemetry feature is on.