Understanding the CLI

1. The .NET CLI is a cross-platform command-line interface tool available to develop, build, run, and publish .NET applications. It is included in the .NET SDK.

   The CLI command structure contains command driver (dotnet), command, command-arguments, and options, and this is a common pattern for most CLI operations. Refer to the following command pattern:

   driver command <command-arguments> <options>

   For instance, the following command creates a new console application. dotnet is the driver, new is the command, and console is a template name as an argument:

   dotnet new console

   The following table illustrates a few commands and a short description of the commands that are supported by the CLI:

   Table 2.3

   Let's create a simple console application and run it using the .NET CLI:

   Note

   To perform the following steps, as a pre requisite, you should have the .NET SDK installed on your machine. You can download and install it from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet...