My First CLI

Welcome to the “My First CLI” tutorial! In this guide, you will learn how to create a simple Command-Line Interface (CLI) application using Cobra.

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge of Go programming language.
• Go installed on your system.

Steps

1. Install Cobra

   First, initialize a new Go module for your project:

   mkdir my-cli

   cd my-cli

   go mod init my-cli

   Then install the Cobra library:

   go get -u github.com/spf13/cobra@latest

2. Initialize Your Project

   Install the Cobra CLI generator:

   go install github.com/spf13/cobra-cli@latest

   Initialize your Cobra project:

   cobra-cli init

   Your Cobra application is ready at

   /path/to/my-cli

3. Add Commands

   Add a new command to your CLI:

   cobra-cli add serve

   serve created at /path/to/my-cli

4. Run Your CLI

   Build and test your CLI application:

   go build -o my-cli

   ./my-cli

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   examples and usage of using your command. For example:

   Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.

   This application is a tool to generate the needed files

   to quickly create a Cobra application.

   Test the new serve command:

   ./my-cli serve

   serve called

Summary

By the end of this tutorial, you will have a working CLI application built with Cobra. Stay tuned for more advanced tutorials!