text: # minimist
  
  parse argument options
  
  This module is the guts of optimist's argument parser without all the
  fanciful decoration.
  
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  # example
  
  ``` js
  var argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2));
  console.dir(argv);
  ```
  
  ```
  $ node example/parse.js -a beep -b boop
  { _: [], a: 'beep', b: 'boop' }
  ```
  
  ```
  $ node example/parse.js -x 3 -y 4 -n5 -abc --beep=boop foo bar baz
  { _: [ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ],
    x: 3,
    y: 4,
    n: 5,
    a: true,
    b: true,
    c: true,
    beep: 'boop' }
  ```
  
  # methods
  
  ``` js
  var parseArgs = require('minimist')
  ```
  
  ## var argv = parseArgs(args, opts={})
  
  Return an argument object `argv` populated with the array arguments from `args`.
  
  `argv._` contains all the arguments that didn't have an option associated with
  them.
  
  Numeric-looking arguments will be returned as numbers unless `opts.string` or
  `opts.boolean` is set for that argument name.
  
  Any arguments after `'--'` will not be parsed and will end up in `argv._`.
  
  options can be:
  
  * `opts.string` - a string or array of strings argument names to always treat as
  strings
  * `opts.boolean` - a boolean, string or array of strings to always treat as
  booleans. if `true` will treat all double hyphenated arguments without equal signs
  as boolean (e.g. affects `--foo`, not `-f` or `--foo=bar`)
  * `opts.alias` - an object mapping string names to strings or arrays of string
  argument names to use as aliases
  * `opts.default` - an object mapping string argument names to default values
  * `opts.stopEarly` - when true, populate `argv._` with everything after the
  first non-option
  * `opts['--']` - when true, populate `argv._` with everything before the `--`
  and `argv['--']` with everything after the `--`. Here's an example:
  * `opts.unknown` - a function which is invoked with a command line parameter not
  defined in the `opts` configuration object. If the function returns `false`, the
  unknown option is not added to `argv`.
  
  ```
  > require('./')('one two three -- four five --six'.split(' '), { '--': true })
  { _: [ 'one', 'two', 'three' ],
    '--': [ 'four', 'five', '--six' ] }
  ```
  
  Note that with `opts['--']` set, parsing for arguments still stops after the
  `--`.
  
  # install
  
  With [npm](https://npmjs.org) do:
  
  ```
  npm install minimist
  ```
  
  # license
  
  MIT
  