https://github.com/sindresorhus/bin-version-cli

Get the version of a binary in semver format
https://github.com/sindresorhus/bin-version-cli

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Get the version of a binary in semver format

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sindresorhus/bin-version-cli
• Owner: sindresorhus
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-11-07T17:28:16.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-03T08:44:01.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-22T17:34:28.287Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: binary, cli-app, nodejs, npm-package, semver, version
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 7.81 KB
• Stars: 35
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • License: license

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README

        
# binary-version-cli

> Get the version of a binary in [semver](https://github.com/npm/node-semver) format

## Install

```sh

npm install --global binary-version-cli

```

## Usage

```console

$ binary-version --help

  Usage

    $ binary-version  [arguments]

    The arguments default to `--version`

    Exits with code 2 if no version could be found

  Examples

    $ curl --version

    curl 7.30.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.0)

    $ binary-version curl

    7.30.0

    $ openssl version

    OpenSSL 1.0.2p  14 Aug 2018

    $ binary-version openssl version

    1.0.2

```

## Related

- [binary-version](https://github.com/sindresorhus/binary-version) - API for this module

- [find-versions-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/find-versions-cli) - Find semver versions in a string