NAME

       cbor - Batteries-included CBOR Read, Edit, Print Loop

SYNOPSIS

         # cbor
         cbor [VERSION] (javascript output from typing 0x00)
         cbor> ...
         ^D

DESCRIPTION

       cbor  is  a  version of the Node Read, Edit, Print Loop (REPL https://nodejs.org/api/repl.html).  In this
       REPL:

       • most interactive results output are followed by their CBOR representation

       • input that starts with 0x, ', ", or ` and is followed only by hex digits  is  taken  as  a  hex-encoded
         binary string, decoded, and displayed in a format based on the --type option

       • the following are already imported and in-scope of the REPL:

         • the cbor package

         • the nofilter package (as NoFilter)

         • all of the properties and functions of the cbor package (e.g. encode, decode)

         • Promises  are  automatically  awaited,  their  results  printed,  and  their results going into the _
           variable rather than the promise itself

       Note  that  by  default  this  command  shares  its  history  with  the  main  Node  REPL,  in  the  file
       ~/.node_repl_history.   If you want to modify that, set the NODE_REPL_HISTORY environment variable to the
       name of a file, or '' to disable history.

OPTIONS

       -V, --version: output the version number

       -c, --color: Force color output even if stdout is not a TTY

       -t, --type <type>: Output type (one of: javascript, diagnose, comment) (default: "javascript")

       -h, --help: display help for

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       All of the normal environment variables from Node apply.  In particular:

       NODE_REPL_HISTORY: When a valid path is given, persistent REPL history will be  saved  to  the  specified
       file  rather  than  .node_repl_history  in  the user's home directory. Setting this value to '' (an empty
       string) will disable persistent REPL history. Whitespace will be  trimmed  from  the  value.  On  Windows
       platforms  environment variables with empty values are invalid so set this variable to one or more spaces
       to disable persistent REPL history.

       NODE_REPL_HISTORY_SIZE: Controls how many lines of history will be persisted  if  history  is  available.
       Must be a positive number. Default: 1000.

       NODE_REPL_MODE:  May  be either 'sloppy' or 'strict'. Default: 'sloppy', which will allow non-strict mode
       code to be run.

SEE ALSO

       • node-cbor https://github.com/hildjj/node-cbor/

       • RFC 8949 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8949.html

                                                  November 2022                                          CBOR(1)