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title = "Command line"
Your pattern documentation may need to include commands for installing packages or using <abbr title="command line interface">CLI</abbr>s. **Cupper** offers the `cmd` shortcode for making code blocks look like terminal commands.
Here's how you write it:
{{<codeBlock>}}
{{<cmd>}}
npm run start
{{</cmd>}}
{{</codeBlock>}}
And here's how it looks:
{{<cmd>}}
{{</cmd>}}
{{% warning %}}
The `cmd` shortcode currently only supports single commands. If you want to show multiple, successive commands use separate `cmd` blocks.
{{% /warning %}}