---
title: "@std/cli"
description: "Tools for creating interactive command line tools"
jsr: jsr:@std/cli
pkg: cli
version: 1.0.28
generated: true
stability: stable
---
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## Overview

<p>Tools for creating interactive command line tools.</p>

```js
import { parseArgs } from "@std/cli/parse-args";
import { assertEquals } from "@std/assert";

// Same as running `deno run example.ts --foo --bar=baz ./quux.txt`
const args = parseArgs(["--foo", "--bar=baz", "./quux.txt"]);
assertEquals(args, { foo: true, bar: "baz", _: ["./quux.txt"] });
```

### Add to your project

```sh
deno add jsr:@std/cli
```

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