dotnet-tool-run(1)
✨ dotnet-tool-run ✨
okay so bestie, welcome to the dotnet-tool-run(1) page — yes it's a manual page, yes it's from the .NET Documentation, and yes we're gonna make it cute. 💖
This article applies to: ✔️ .NET 6 SDK and later versions
🌸 NAME 🌸
dotnet-tool-run — it invokes a local tool. that's it. that's the whole job. 💅
🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋
dotnet tool run <COMMAND NAME> [--allow-roll-forward]
dotnet tool run -h|--help🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀
so like, dotnet tool run goes looking through the tool manifest files that are in scope for whatever directory you're currently standing in. 🧚
the moment it finds a reference to the tool you asked for, it runs it. periodt. 🔥
want the full lore? go read Invoke a local tool. iykyk. 📖
🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓
COMMAND_NAME— the command name of the tool you wanna run. just tell it the name, bestie. 🫶
💜 OPTIONS 💜
--allow-roll-forward— available starting with .NET 9.0 SDK. lets the tool use a newer version of the .NET runtime if the runtime it targets isn't installed. it's giving "i'll make it work" energy. 🌈-?|-h|--help— prints out a description of how to use the command. your little cheat sheet. 👑
⭐ Example ⭐
dotnet tool run dotnetsay
runs the dotnetsay local tool. slay. ✨
dotnet tool run dotnetsay --allow-roll-forward
runs the dotnetsay local tool and allows it to run on newer .NET versions if the target runtime isn't available. flexible queen behavior. 💖
🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈
- .NET tools
- Tutorial: Install and use a .NET local tool using the .NET CLI
mwah 💋 that's the whole page — and this lil manual is from 2025-10-30, filed under dotnet-tool-run(1). go run your local tools, bestie, you got this 🦋💅
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