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Longer object properties (e.g. `colour: 'red'`) convert to long-option args (e.g. `--colour red`). Object property values equalling `true` convert to flags (e.g. `-l`).\n\n## Synopsis\n\nSimple usage:\n\n```js\n\u003e const objectToSpawnArgs = require('object-to-spawn-args')\n\n\u003e const spawnArgs = objectToSpawnArgs({\n  l: true,\n  c: 'red',\n  name: 'pete',\n  tramp: true\n})\n\n\u003e console.log(spawnArgs)\n[ '-l', '-c', 'red', '--name', 'pete', '--tramp' ]\n```\n\nAlternatively, convert to `--object=value` notation.\n\n```js\n\u003e const options = {\n  l: true,\n  c: 'red',\n  name: 'pete',\n  tramp: true\n}\n\u003e const spawnArgs = objectToSpawnArgs(options, { optionEqualsValue: true })\n\n\u003e console.log(spawnArgs)\n[ '-l', '-c=red', '--name=pete', '--tramp' ]\n```\n\nTypical real-life example.\n\n```js\nconst objectToSpawnArgs = require('object-to-spawn-args')\nconst spawn = require('child_process').spawn\n\nconst options = {\n  l: true,\n  a: true\n}\n\nspawn('ls', objectToSpawnArgs(options), { stdio: 'inherit' })\n```\n\n## Installation\n\n```sh\n$ npm install object-to-spawn-args\n```\n\n* * *\n\n\u0026copy; 2014-21 Lloyd Brookes \\\u003c75pound@gmail.com\\\u003e.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2F75lb%2Fobject-to-spawn-args","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2F75lb%2Fobject-to-spawn-args","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2F75lb%2Fobject-to-spawn-args/lists"}