lessby
lessby is a simple CLI tool for compiling .less file.
Installation
npm i lessby -D
Usage
Usage: lessby [options]
Options:
-i, --input <folder> input less folder
-o, --output <folder> output less folder
-e, --extension <ext> output file extension, eg. ' -e wxss '
-b, --initial-build compile less files before watch
-r, --recursive compile less files recursively
-m, --minify minify output file
-s, --source-map generate source map files
--source-map-inline generate inline source map files
--one-time compile less files ony once
--mid-name <str> specify output file middle name, eg. ' --mid-name min '
--less-options <str> specify original less-cli options, eg. ' --less-options "-l --no-color" '
-h, --help display help for command
-i, –input
required
Normally, lessby will watch all the .less files inside the input folder, this action is non-recursive.
lessby -i <folder_name>
-o, –output
lessby will output the .css files into the folder that you specified.
lessby -i <folder_name> -o <output_foler_name>
-e, –extension
Seriously, it’s not just CSS out there.
This will compile all the less files into CSS files with .wxss extension. You can use whatever extension you want.
lessby -i <folder_name> -e wxss
-b, –initial-build
compile all the .less files once before watch
lessby -i <folder_name> -b
-r, –recursive
FINALLY!!!
A less compiler with recursive option!
lessby -i src -r
If src/ has a sub-folder, and it contains .less files, lessby will find it, and compile it.
-m, –minify
As mentioned above, this parameter minifies output files.
lessby -i src -r -m
-s, –source-map
lessby will generate source map files, those little things are helpful when in development.
lessby -i src -s
–source-map-inline
lessby will generate inline source map, this will overwrite the -s option
lessby -i src -s
–one-time
lessby will compile all the .less files only once, could be used in building stage.
lessby -i src --one-time
–mid-name
Script below will compile all the .less files from xxx.less to xxx.min.css.
lessby -i <folder_name> -m --mid-name min
Since file extension names are customizable, I think I’ll make the middle name part customizable too, you can compile
non-minified files with the name min in the middle, even if it is not recommended, but hey! Here we are!
–less-options
And finally, the original lessc options.
Since this is a npm pack based on lessc, So I think it’ll be good in case you need something I didn’t cover.