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# ng generate directive

## Overview
`ng generate directive [name]` generates a directive

## Options
<details>
  <summary>dry-run</summary>
  <p>
    <code>--dry-run</code> (alias: <code>-d</code>)
  </p>
  <p>
    Run through without making any changes.
  </p>
</details>
<details>
  <summary>force</summary>
  <p>
    <code>--force</code> (alias: <code>-f</code>)
  </p>
  <p>
    Forces overwriting of files.
  </p>
</details>
<details>
  <summary>project</summary>
  <p>
    <code>--project</code>
  </p>
  <p>
    The name of the project.
  </p>
</details>
<details>
  <summary>prefix</summary>
  <p>
    <code>--prefix</code> (alias: <code>-p</code>)
  </p>
  <p>
    The prefix to apply to generated selectors.
  </p>
</details>
<details>
  <summary>spec</summary>
  <p>
    <code>--spec</code>
  </p>
  <p>
    Specifies if a spec file is generated.
  </p>
</details>
<details>
  <summary>skip-import</summary>
  <p>
    <code>--skip-import</code>
  </p>
  <p>
    Flag to skip the module import.
  </p>
</details>
<details>
  <summary>selector</summary>
  <p>
    <code>--selector</code>
  </p>
  <p>
    The selector to use for the directive.
  </p>
</details>
<details>
  <summary>flat</summary>
  <p>
    <code>--flat</code>
  </p>
  <p>
    Flag to indicate if a dir is created.
  </p>
</details>
<details>
  <summary>module</summary>
  <p>
    <code>--module</code> (alias: <code>-m</code>)
  </p>
  <p>
    Allows specification of the declaring module.
  </p>
</details>
<details>
  <summary>export</summary>
  <p>
    <code>--export</code>
  </p>
  <p>
    Specifies if declaring module exports the directive.
  </p>
</details>