# dotnet

> Cross platform .NET command line tools for .NET Core.

- Initialize a new .NET project:

`dotnet new {{template_short_name}}`

- Restore nuget packages:

`dotnet restore`

- Build and execute the .NET project in the current directory:

`dotnet run`

- Run a packaged dotnet application (only needs the runtime, the rest of the commands require the .NET Core SDK installed):

`dotnet {{path/to/application.dll}}`