serialport-v5/bin/list.js

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#!/usr/bin/env node
'use strict';

const serialport = require('../');
const version = require('../package.json').version;
const args = require('commander');

args
  .version(version)
  .description('List available serial ports')
  .option('-f, --format <type>', 'Format the output as text, json, or jsonline. default: text', /^(text|json|jsonline)$/i, 'text')
  .parse(process.argv);

const formatters = {
  text(err, ports) {
    if (err) {
      console.error(err);
      process.exit(1);
    }
    ports.forEach((port) => {
      console.log(`${port.comName}\t${port.pnpId || ''}\t${port.manufacturer || ''}`);
    });
  },
  json(err, ports) {
    if (err) {
      console.error(JSON.stringify(err));
      process.exit(1);
    }
    console.log(JSON.stringify(ports));
  },
  jsonline(err, ports) {
    if (err) {
      console.error(JSON.stringify(err));
      process.exit(1);
    }
    ports.forEach((port) => {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(port));
    });
  }
};

serialport.list(formatters[args.format]);