Section 46.1: Passing action (verb) and values const options = require("commander"); options .option("-v, --verbose", "Be verbose"); options .command("convert") .alias("c") .description("Converts input file to output file") .option("-i, --in-file <file_name>", "Input file") .option("-o, --out-file <file_name>", "Output file") .action(doConvert); options.parse(process.argv); if (!options.args.length) options.help(); function doConvert(options){ //do something with options.inFile and options.outFile };