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+# minimist
+
+parse argument options
+
+This module is the guts of optimist's argument parser without all the
+fanciful decoration.
+
+[![browser support](https://ci.testling.com/substack/minimist.png)](http://ci.testling.com/substack/minimist)
+
+[![build status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/substack/minimist.png)](http://travis-ci.org/substack/minimist)
+
+# example
+
+``` js
+var argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2));
+console.dir(argv);
+```
+
+```
+$ node example/parse.js -a beep -b boop
+{ _: [], a: 'beep', b: 'boop' }
+```
+
+```
+$ node example/parse.js -x 3 -y 4 -n5 -abc --beep=boop foo bar baz
+{ _: [ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ],
+ x: 3,
+ y: 4,
+ n: 5,
+ a: true,
+ b: true,
+ c: true,
+ beep: 'boop' }
+```
+
+# methods
+
+``` js
+var parseArgs = require('minimist')
+```
+
+## var argv = parseArgs(args, opts={})
+
+Return an argument object `argv` populated with the array arguments from `args`.
+
+`argv._` contains all the arguments that didn't have an option associated with
+them.
+
+Numeric-looking arguments will be returned as numbers unless `opts.string` or
+`opts.boolean` is set for that argument name.
+
+Any arguments after `'--'` will not be parsed and will end up in `argv._`.
+
+options can be:
+
+* `opts.string` - a string or array of strings argument names to always treat as
+strings
+* `opts.boolean` - a boolean, string or array of strings to always treat as
+booleans. if `true` will treat all double hyphenated arguments without equal signs
+as boolean (e.g. affects `--foo`, not `-f` or `--foo=bar`)
+* `opts.alias` - an object mapping string names to strings or arrays of string
+argument names to use as aliases
+* `opts.default` - an object mapping string argument names to default values
+* `opts.stopEarly` - when true, populate `argv._` with everything after the
+first non-option
+* `opts['--']` - when true, populate `argv._` with everything before the `--`
+and `argv['--']` with everything after the `--`. Here's an example:
+* `opts.unknown` - a function which is invoked with a command line parameter not
+defined in the `opts` configuration object. If the function returns `false`, the
+unknown option is not added to `argv`.
+
+```
+> require('./')('one two three -- four five --six'.split(' '), { '--': true })
+{ _: [ 'one', 'two', 'three' ],
+ '--': [ 'four', 'five', '--six' ] }
+```
+
+Note that with `opts['--']` set, parsing for arguments still stops after the
+`--`.
+
+# install
+
+With [npm](https://npmjs.org) do:
+
+```
+npm install minimist
+```
+
+# license
+
+MIT