--- /dev/null
+---
+title: Nopt
+category: JavaScript libraries
+---
+
+```js
+var args = require('nopt')({
+ foo: [String, null],
+ size: ['big', 'medium', 'small'],
+ many: [String, Array],
+ debug: Boolean,
+ version: Boolean,
+ help: Boolean
+}, {
+ h: '--help',
+ v: '--version'
+}, process.argv);
+
+args == {
+ debug: true,
+ version: true,
+ size: 'big',
+ argv: {
+ remain: ['...', '...'],
+ cooked: ...,
+ original: ...
+ }
+}
+```
+
+```js
+if (args.help) {
+ console.log([
+ 'Usage:',
+ ' hicat [options] [file]',
+ '',
+ 'Options:',
+ ' -h, --help print usage information',
+ ' -v, --version show version info and exit',
+ ].join('\n'));
+ process.exit(0);
+}
+
+if (args.version) {
+ console.log(require('../package.json').version);
+ process.exit(0);
+}
+```
+
+https://www.npmjs.org/package/nopt