# posthtml-cli > [PostHTML][posthtml-url] сommand line interface [![Actions Status](https://github.com/posthtml/posthtml-cli/workflows/Actions%20Status/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/posthtml/posthtml-cli/actions?query=workflow%3A%22CI+tests%22)[![node][node-image]][node-url][![NPM version][npm-image]][npm-url][![XO code style][style]][style-url][![Coveralls Status][coveralls-image]][coveralls-url] [![npm downloads][npm-download-image]][npm-download-url][![npm][npm-total-download-image]][npm-total-download-url] ## Install ```bash $ npm install --global posthtml-cli ``` > Note: This project is compatible with node v10+ ## Usage ```bash $ posthtml --help Usage: $ posthtml Options: --output -o Output File or Folder --config -c Path to config file --use -u PostHTML plugin name --root -r Mirror the directory structure relative to this path in the output directory(default: .) --allInOutput -a Save the nesting structure for output --skip -s Skip parsing file --help -h CLI Help --version -v CLI Version Examples: $ posthtml input.html $ posthtml input.html -o output.html $ posthtml inputFolder/*.html !unicorn.html $ posthtml '**/*.html' '\!**/unicorn.html' $ posthtml '**/*.html' -s unicorn.html $ posthtml input-one.html input-two.html -o outputFolder $ posthtml input.html -o output.html -c posthtml.js $ posthtml input.html -o output.html -u posthtml-bem --posthtml-bem.elemPrefix __ $ posthtml inputFolder/*.html -o outputFolder $ posthtml inputFolder/**/*.html -o outputFolder -a $ posthtml '**/*.html' -o outputFolder -a -r inputFolder ``` > ⚠️ Please note that when using patterns on the command line `*` and `!` escaping of characters is necessary. When using as **npm** scripts, you only need to screen the pattern `*`. [About the reasons](https://github.com/posthtml/posthtml-cli/issues/317#issuecomment-676330082) ## Options ```json { "root": "src", "input": "*.html", "output": "dist", "skip": ["skip.html", "file.html"], "options": { "sync": true, "directives": [{"name": "?php", "start": "<", "end": ">"}] }, "plugins": { "posthtml-plugin-name": { "property": "value" } } } ``` > example config _`.posthtmlrc`_ [posthtml-url]: http://github.com/posthtml/posthtml [npm-total-download-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/posthtml-cli [npm-total-download-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dt/posthtml-cli.svg?style=flat-square [npm-download-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/posthtml-cli [npm-download-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/posthtml-cli.svg?style=flat-square [node-url]: "" [node-image]: https://img.shields.io/node/v/posthtml-cli.svg?maxAge=2592000&style=flat-square [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/posthtml-cli [npm-image]: http://img.shields.io/npm/v/posthtml-cli.svg?style=flat-square [testen-url]: https://github.com/egoist/testen [testen-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/testen-passing-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square [coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/posthtml/posthtml-cli [coveralls-image]: http://img.shields.io/coveralls/posthtml/posthtml-cli.svg?style=flat-square [style-url]: https://github.com/sindresorhus/xo [style]: https://badgen.net/xo/status/chalk?style=flat-square