.NET Core Global Tools

Medium Article

This blog post discussed CLI tools. It contains a step-by-step guide of creating a custom .NET Core global tool.

Build this project Locally

You can build this project locally either using Docker or using .NET CLI tools.

1. using Docker with Linux containers

docker build -t global-tool-test .
docker run -it global-tool-test bash
root@7a5df30fefaa:/src/tools# ./stat sd -n 1 2 3
Population Standard Deviation: 0.816496580927726
    Sample Standard Deviation: 1
root@7a5df30fefaa:/src/tools# ./stat avg -n 1 2 3
Arithmetic Average: 2
root@7a5df30fefaa:/src/tools# exit
# can rebuild the project using bash commands in the container

2. using dotnet cli

cd StatisticsToolbox
dotnet pack
dotnet tool install --add-source .nuget\ stat --tool-path .\tools
dotnet tool update --add-source .nuget\ stat --tool-path .\tools
.\tools\stat.exe avg  -n 1
.\tools\stat.exe sd  -n 1 2 3