dotnet-execute 0.10.0

dotnet-exec

Intro

dotnet-exec is a command line tool for executing C# program without a project file, and you can have your custom entry point other than Main method

Install/Update

Latest stable version:

dotnet tool update -g dotnet-execute

Latest preview version:

dotnet tool update -g dotnet-execute --prerelease

Examples

Execute local file:

dotnet-exec HttpPathJsonSample.cs

Execute local file with custom entry point:

dotnet-exec HttpPathJsonSample.cs --entry MainTest

Execute remote file:

dotnet-exec https://github.com/WeihanLi/SamplesInPractice/blob/master/net7Sample/Net7Sample/ArgumentExceptionSample.cs

Execute file with preview features:

dotnet-exec RawStringLiteral.cs --preview

Execute raw code:

dotnet-exec 'code:Console.WriteLine(1+1);'
dotnet-exec 'Console.WriteLine(1+1);'

Execute raw code with custom usings:

dotnet-exec 'code:WriteLine(1+1);' --using "static System.Console"
dotnet-exec 'WriteLine(1+1);' --using "static System.Console"

Execute raw code with custom reference:

dotnet-exec 'code:CsvHelper.GetCsvText(new[]{1,2,3}).Dump();' -r "nuget:WeihanLi.Npoi,2.3.0" -u "WeihanLi.Npoi"

Execute script:

dotnet-exec 'script:1+1'
dotnet-exec '1+1'

Execute script with custom reference:

dotnet-exec 'script:Console.WriteLine(CsvHelper.GetCsvText(new[]{1,2,3}))' -r "nuget:WeihanLi.Npoi,2.4.2" -u WeihanLi.Npoi

dotnet-exec 'CsvHelper.GetCsvText(new[]{1,2,3}).Dump()' -r "nuget:WeihanLi.Npoi,2.4.2" -u WeihanLi.Npoi

Execute with additional dependencies

dotnet-exec 'typeof(LocalType).FullName.Dump();' --ad FileLocalType2.cs
dotnet-exec 'typeof(LocalType).FullName.Dump();' --addition FileLocalType2.cs

Execute with exacting references and usings from project file

dotnet-exec 'typeof(LocalType).FullName.Dump();' --project ./Sample.csproj

Execute with docker

docker run --rm weihanli/dotnet-exec:latest dotnet-exec "code:(1+1).Dump()"

docker run --rm weihanli/dotnet-exec:latest dotnet-exec "1+1"

docker run --rm weihanli/dotnet-exec:latest dotnet-exec "Guid.NewGuid()"

More

LanguageVersion

By default, it's using the latest language version, you can use the Preview version with --preview/--lang-version=Preview

EntryPoint

By default, it would use MainTest as the entry point, you can customize with --entry option

TargetFramework

By default, it would use net7.0 if you've installed .NET 7 SDK, otherwise use .NET 6 instead, you can customize with the -f/--framework option