A handy roll
command for rolling dice on the command line.
roll [--verbose] [DEFINITION]
roll --version
--verbose
: include the individual dice rolls in the output; by default displays only the total.--version
: display the version information.Uses standard dice notation to define which dice and modifiers to use.
roll
: an easy-peasy six-sided dice roll.roll d20
: specify to roll a 20-sided die.roll 2d8
: roll two 20-sided dice.roll 2d10+4
: roll 2 10-sided dice and add 4 to the result.roll 3d4-2
: roll 3 4-sided dice and subtract 2 from the result.2d5+4d20