NAME

       Mojolicious::Command - Command base class

SYNOPSIS

         # Lowercase command name
         package Mojolicious::Command::mycommand;
         use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious::Command';

         # Short description
         has description => 'My first Mojo command';

         # Usage message from SYNOPSIS
         has usage => sub { shift->extract_usage };

         sub run {
           my ($self, @args) = @_;

           # Magic here! :)
         }

         1;

         =head1 SYNOPSIS

           Usage: APPLICATION mycommand [OPTIONS]

           Options:
             -s, --something   Does something

         =cut

DESCRIPTION

       Mojolicious::Command is an abstract base class for Mojolicious commands.

       See "COMMANDS" in Mojolicious::Commands for a list of commands that are available by
       default.

ATTRIBUTES

       Mojolicious::Command implements the following attributes.

   app
         my $app  = $command->app;
         $command = $command->app(Mojolicious->new);

       Application for command, defaults to a Mojo::HelloWorld object.

         # Introspect
         say "Template path: $_" for @{$command->app->renderer->paths};

   description
         my $description = $command->description;
         $command        = $command->description('Foo');

       Short description of command, used for the command list.

   quiet
         my $bool = $command->quiet;
         $command = $command->quiet($bool);

       Limited command output.

   usage
         my $usage = $command->usage;
         $command  = $command->usage('Foo');

       Usage information for command, used for the help screen.

METHODS

       Mojolicious::Command inherits all methods from Mojo::Base and implements the following new
       ones.

   chmod_file
         $command = $command->chmod_file('/home/sri/foo.txt', 0644);

       Change mode of a file.

   chmod_rel_file
         $command = $command->chmod_rel_file('foo/foo.txt', 0644);

       Portably change mode of a file relative to the current working directory.

   create_dir
         $command = $command->create_dir('/home/sri/foo/bar');

       Create a directory.

   create_rel_dir
         $command = $command->create_rel_dir('foo/bar/baz');

       Portably create a directory relative to the current working directory.

   extract_usage
         my $usage = $command->extract_usage;

       Extract usage message from the SYNOPSIS section of the file this method was called from
       with "extract_usage" in Mojo::Util.

   help
         $command->help;

       Print usage information for command.

   rel_file
         my $path = $command->rel_file('foo/bar.txt');

       Return a Mojo::File object relative to the current working directory.

   render_data
         my $data = $command->render_data('foo_bar');
         my $data = $command->render_data('foo_bar', @args);

       Render a template from the "DATA" section of the command class with Mojo::Loader and
       Mojo::Template.

   render_to_file
         $command = $command->render_to_file('foo_bar', '/home/sri/foo.txt');
         $command = $command->render_to_file('foo_bar', '/home/sri/foo.txt', @args);

       Render a template from the "DATA" section of the command class with Mojo::Template to a
       file and create directory if necessary.

   render_to_rel_file
         $command = $command->render_to_rel_file('foo_bar', 'foo/bar.txt');
         $command = $command->render_to_rel_file('foo_bar', 'foo/bar.txt', @args);

       Portably render a template from the "DATA" section of the command class with
       Mojo::Template to a file relative to the current working directory and create directory if
       necessary.

   run
         $command->run;
         $command->run(@ARGV);

       Run command. Meant to be overloaded in a subclass.

   write_file
         $command = $command->write_file('/home/sri/foo.txt', 'Hello World!');

       Write text to a file and create directory if necessary.

   write_rel_file
         $command = $command->write_rel_file('foo/bar.txt', 'Hello World!');

       Portably write text to a file relative to the current working directory and create
       directory if necessary.

SEE ALSO

       Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, <http://mojolicious.org>.