.NET CLI

The .NET command-line interface (CLI) is a cross-platform toolchain for developing, building, running, and publishing .NET applications. The .NET CLI is included with the .NET SDK.

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• General commands

  • add

  • new

  • publish

  • run

  • sln

  • test

• Tools

General commands

Command	Action
dotnet -v	Display information on the installed version

New command

Command	Action
dotnet new	View the available templates (see docs.microsoft.com)

Examples:

• dotnet new webapi --output src/PalTracker --name PalTracker will use the template "ASP.NET Core Web API"

• dotnet new xunit --output test/PalTrackerTests --name PalTrackerTestswill use the template "xUnit Test Project"

• dotnet new sln --name PalTracker will use the template "Solution File"

Add command

Command	Action
dotnet add reference	Adds project-to-project (P2P) references (see docs.microsoft.com)
dotnet add package	Adds a package reference to a project file (see docs.microsoft.com)

Examples:

• dotnet add test/PalTrackerTests reference src/PalTracker/PalTracker.csproj

• dotnet add test/PalTrackerTests package Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost --version 2.2.0

Solution command

Command	Action
dotnet sln	Modifies a .NET Core solution file (see docs.microsoft.com)

Examples:

• dotnet sln PalTracker.sln add src/PalTracker/PalTracker.csproj

Run command

Command	Action
dotnet run	Runs source code without any explicit compile or launch commands (see docs.microsoft.com)

Examples:

• dotnet run --project src/PalTracker

Publish command

Command	Action
dotnet publish	Packs the application and its dependencies into a folder for deployment to a hosting system (see docs.microsoft.com)

Examples:

• dotnet publish src/PalTracker --configuration Release

Test command

Command	Action
dotnet test	Run the tests (see docs.microsoft.com)

Examples:

• dotnet test test/PalTrackerTests --filter PalTrackerTests.InMemoryTimeEntryRepositoryTest

See also:

• Passing runsettings arguments through commandline

Tools

• .NET Core Uninstall Tool