Lucene.Net command line interface (CLI) tools

The Lucene.Net command line interface (CLI) is a new cross-platform toolchain with utilities for maintaining Lucene.Net and demos for learning basic Lucene.Net functionality.

Prerequisites

• .NET Core 3.1.0 Runtime

Installation

Perform a one-time install of the lucene-cli tool using the following dotnet CLI command:

dotnet tool install lucene-cli -g --version [EnvVar:LuceneNetVersion]

You may then use the lucene-cli tool to analyze and update Lucene.Net indexes and use its demos.

CLI Commands

The following commands are installed:

• analysis
• demo
• index
• lock

Command structure

CLI command structure consists of the driver ("lucene"), the command, and possibly command arguments and options. You see this pattern in most CLI operations, such as checking a Lucene.Net index for problematic segments and fixing (removing) them:

lucene index check C:\my-index --verbose
lucene index fix C:\my-index