Crate cli_fmt 

CLI output formatting utilities.

This crate provides utilities for building command-line applications, including output processing, formatting, and other CLI-specific helpers.

Modules

• output - Process command output (head/tail filtering, width truncation, stream merging)
• help - Typed, configurable CLI help text renderer (CliHelpTemplate, CliHelpStyle, CliHelpData)

Architecture

This crate focuses on CLI-application-specific functionality. For general-purpose string and ANSI manipulation, use strs_tools instead.

Distinction:

• strs_tools: Generic string/ANSI utilities (any application)
• cli_fmt: CLI-specific helpers (command-line tools only)

Examples

use cli_fmt::output::*;

let config = OutputConfig::default()
  .with_head( 10 )
  .with_width( 80 );

let result = process_output( "stdout text", "stderr text", &config );
println!( "{}", result.content );

Modules

dependency

Namespace with dependencies.

exposed

Exposed namespace of the module.

help

Structured CLI help template: data model + colour-aware renderer. Typed, configurable CLI help text renderer.

orphan

Orphan namespace of the module.

output

CLI output processing. CLI output processing utilities

own

Own namespace of the module.

prelude

Prelude to use essentials: use cli_fmt::prelude::*.