dotnet.exe

Some command line options

--info

dotnet --info shows the relevant information about a .NET Core installation and its machine environment.

Some of the information is also displayed with dotnet --list-sdks and dotnet --list-runtimes.

--list-sdks

dotnet --list-sdks shows the installed .NET core runtimes:

C:\> dotnet --list-sdks
2.1.701 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
3.0.100 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

--list-runtimes

C:\> dotnet --list-runtimes
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.12 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.13 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.12 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.13 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.12 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.13 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.0.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

--output

--output specifies the directory where built binaries are put to.

The default is ./bin/<configuration>/<framework>.

When using multiple target frameworks, (TargetFramework property), --framework also needs to be specified.

Some Commands

`add reference\|package`
`build`
`build-server`
`clean`
`help`
`list reference`
`migrate`
`msbuild`
`new`
`nuget …`
`pack`
`publich`
`restore`
`remove reference\|package`
`run`
`sln`	Add, remove or list projects in a solution (`.sln`) file.
`store`
`test`

dotnet new

console

dotnet new console creates a boiler plate C# (Hello World) application:

C:\users\Rene> $null = mkdir tst
C:\users\Rene> cd tst
C:\users\Rene\tst> dotnet new console
C:\users\Rene\tst> dotnet run
Hello World!

wpf

dotnet new wpf creates a template for a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application.

TODO

dotnet.exe add package xyz seems to be equivalent to the PowerShell command install-package xyz.