import { type ParseArgsConfig } from "node:util";
type Options = NonNullable<ParseArgsConfig["options"]>;
/**
 * `parseArgs` throws a plain `TypeError` on an unknown flag or a missing
 * value, which would surface as a stack trace. Every one of them is a usage
 * mistake and reads as one.
 */
export declare const parseOptions: <Config extends Options>(args: readonly string[], options: Config) => {
    values: Record<string, string | boolean | string[] | undefined>;
    positionals: string[];
};
export declare const readString: (value: unknown, flag: string) => string | undefined;
export declare const readBoolean: (value: unknown) => boolean;
export declare const readInt: (value: unknown, flag: string, fallback: number) => number;
export declare const readList: (value: unknown, flag: string) => string[] | undefined;
export declare const expectOne: (positionals: readonly string[], what: string) => string;
export {};
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