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# cli-cursor [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/cli-cursor)
> Toggle the CLI cursor
The cursor is [gracefully restored ](https://github.com/sindresorhus/restore-cursor ) if the process exits.
## Install
```
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$ npm install cli-cursor
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```
## Usage
```js
const cliCursor = require('cli-cursor');
cliCursor.hide();
const unicornsAreAwesome = true;
cliCursor.toggle(unicornsAreAwesome);
```
## API
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### .show(stream?)
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### .hide(stream?)
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### .toggle(force?, stream?)
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#### force
Useful for showing or hiding the cursor based on a boolean.
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#### stream
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Type: `stream.Writable` < br >
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Default: `process.stderr`
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