/**
 * @ignore
 * @packageDocumentation
 */
/**
 * A parsed item
 */
export declare type ParseItem = {
    name?: string;
    type: 'positional';
    position: number;
    input: string;
    forced: boolean;
    hide: boolean;
} | {
    type: 'namedArgument';
    inputKey: string;
    inputValue?: string;
    skipped: boolean;
    key: string;
    value: string;
} | {
    type: 'forcePositional';
};
export interface MinimistResult {
    positional: string[];
    named: Record<string, string[]>;
    context: ParseItem[];
}
export declare type MinimistNamedArguments = {
    short: Record<string, string>;
    long: Record<string, string>;
    forceBoolean: Set<string>;
    positional: Record<number, string>;
};
export declare function minimist(args: string[], namedArgs: MinimistNamedArguments): MinimistResult;