NET core command-line interface (dotnet-cli) is a new NET Core toolset (commands) for developing NET Core Applications. The dotnet-cli toolset provides a list of pre-installed dotnet core project templates from which the user can create various NET Core Applications such as Console application, Web application, WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) application, Windows Form application, and other test applications. The application created with dotnet-cli can be executed on any Windows, Linux, or macOS operating system.
Command to display installed dotnet core project templates
The user can use the “dotnet new –list” command to display the pre-installed dotnet core project templates, additionally, the command will also provide details like the name of the templates (template name), the short name of the template, default programming language, and the template tags.
The user can use these details to create the project of his choice from the provided template detail list. Along with the template details, the “dotnet new –list” command also displays the various options that can be used with a dotnet new command. These options can be used mostly with all the dotnet-cli commands.
Prerequisite:
The user needs to have .NET Core 1.x or above installed on his machine. The current version is 5.0 and can be downloaded here:
Command Syntax:
The syntax of the command is “dotnet new [options]“, the user can use any of the two options to execute the command yielding the same result.
- 1. Long format: –list
- 2. Short format: -l
Command Usage dotnet new –list:
C:\>dotnet new --list Usage: new [options] Options: -h, --help Displays help for this command. -l, --list Lists templates containing the specified name. If no name is specified, lists all templates. -n, --name The name for the output being created. If no name is specified, the name of the current directory is used. -o, --output Location to place the generated output. -i, --install Installs a source or a template pack. -u, --uninstall Uninstalls a source or a template pack. --type Filters templates based on available types. Predefined values are "project", "item" or "other". --force Forces content to be generated even if it would change existing files. -lang, --language Specifies the language of the template to create. Templates Short Name Language Tags -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Console Application console [C#], F#, VB Common/Console Class library classlib [C#], F#, VB Common/Library Unit Test Project mstest [C#], F#, VB Test/MSTest xUnit Test Project xunit [C#], F#, VB Test/xUnit ASP.NET Core Empty web [C#], F# Web/Empty ASP.NET Core Web App (Model-View-Controller) mvc [C#], F# Web/MVC ASP.NET Core Web App razor [C#] Web/MVC/Razor Pages ASP.NET Core with Angular angular [C#] Web/MVC/SPA ASP.NET Core with React.js react [C#] Web/MVC/SPA ASP.NET Core with React.js and Redux reactredux [C#] Web/MVC/SPA ASP.NET Core Web API webapi [C#], F# Web/WebAPI global.json file globaljson Config Nuget Config nugetconfig Config Web Config webconfig Config Solution File sln Solution Razor Page page Web/ASP.NET MVC ViewImports viewimports Web/ASP.NET MVC ViewStart viewstart Web/ASP.NET
Please note the result may vary as per your installed dotnet version.
Command Template Specific Usage dotnet new <template> –list
The user can use the “dotnet new –list” command to filter the template of the same types, like for example if the user uses the following command “dotnet new “ASP” –list, the output of the command will list all the templates with the user can create web-based projects.
C:\>dotnet new ASP --list Templates Short Name Language Tags --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASP.NET Core Empty web [C#], F# Web/Empty ASP.NET Core Web App (Model-View-Controller) mvc [C#], F# Web/MVC ASP.NET Core Web App razor [C#] Web/MVC/Razor Pages ASP.NET Core with Angular angular [C#] Web/MVC/SPA ASP.NET Core with React.js react [C#] Web/MVC/SPA ASP.NET Core with React.js and Redux reactredux [C#] Web/MVC/SPA ASP.NET Core Web API webapi [C#], F# Web/WebAPI
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