Cobra – a library for building modern CLI applications
Cobra is a Go library for building powerful and modern CLI applications. It makes defining both simple and complex nested commands easy. The extensive field list for the Cobra Command object allows you to access the complete self-documenting help and man pages. Cobra also offers some fun additional benefits, including intelligent shell autocomplete, CLI scaffolding, code generation, and integration with the Viper configuration solution.
The Cobra library provides a much more powerful command structure than one written from scratch. As mentioned, there are many advantages to using the Cobra CLI, so we will dive into a few examples to exhibit its power. Starting a CLI with Cobra from scratch only requires three steps. First, make sure that cobra-cli is properly installed. Create a new folder for your project and follow these steps in sequence to set up your new CLI:
- Change directories into your project folder,
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