**Documentation below is for CLI version 6. For version 7 see [here](https://angular.io/cli/generate)**. # ng generate directive ## Overview `ng generate directive [name]` generates a directive ## Alias d - `ng generate d [name]` ## Options
dry-run

--dry-run (alias: -d)

Run through without making any changes.

force

--force (alias: -f)

Forces overwriting of files.

project

--project

The name of the project.

prefix

--prefix (alias: -p)

The prefix to apply to generated selectors.

spec

--spec

Specifies if a spec file is generated.

skip-import

--skip-import

Flag to skip the module import.

selector

--selector

The selector to use for the directive.

flat

--flat

Flag to indicate if a dir is created.

module

--module (alias: -m)

Allows specification of the declaring module.

export

--export

Specifies if declaring module exports the directive.