CLI New

To use this library directly in the command line, you need to install the CLI library.

Install

Install the script globally:

npm install -g @dice-roller/cli

Usage

Roll some dice

roller <notation..> [options]

Commands:
  roller roll <notation..>  roll the dice                              [default]
  roller play               play an interactive CLI dice game

Positionals:
  notation  space separated list of notation to roll                    [string]

Options:
  -V, --version      Show version number                               [boolean]
      --help         Show help                                         [boolean]
  -s, --separator    String to separate dice rolls      [string] [default: "; "]
  -e, --engine       The RNG engine to use                              [string]
      --seed         The RNG engine seed                                [number]
  -f, --format       The output format              [string] [default: "string"]
      --result-only  Only return the roll result, without the notation or dice
                     rolled                           [boolean] [default: false]

Examples:
  roller 4d6     roll a 6 sided die 4 times
  roller 2d10+7  roll a 10 sided die 2 times and add 7
  roller play    start the interactive CLI dice game

For more information visit https://dice-roller.github.io/documentation

Play a game

roller play

play an interactive CLI dice game

Options:
  -V, --version  Show version number                                   [boolean]
      --help     Show help                                             [boolean]
      --players  The name of a player                                    [array]
      --count    The number of players                                  [number]

For more information visit https://dice-roller.github.io/documentation

Examples

# Roll a 6 sided die 4 times
roller 4d6

# Roll a series of dice
roller 2d10 7d% 5dF

# Notation with spaces must be surrounded with quotes
roller "4d6 # roll description"

# Use the MersenneTwister19937 engine (`seed` is not required)
roller 4d6 -e=MersenneTwister19937 --seed=415

# Return just the result rolled
roller 2d20 --result-only

# Output the result in base64 encoding
roller 6d8*4 -f=BASE_64

# Start the interactive dice game
roller play

# Start the game with 4 players
roller play --count=4

# Start the game with 2 players called Barbara and Ian
roller play --players=Barbara Ian

# Start the game with two players, but only name the first one
roller play --count=2 --players=Susan

You can use all the notation in the CLI.