# Magento 2 - Create Custom Command Line to Magento 2 CLI Console

I'm trying to create an article to create custom command line, in summary what we need to do are:

1. Define command on di.xml.
    
2. Create new Console Class.
    
3. Call the command
    

## Define command on di.xml

First we need to define the command on di.xml, this for simple example we're going to use in this article:

Filepath: <mark>app/code/Fiko/Magento/etc/di.xml</mark>

```xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:ObjectManager/etc/config.xsd">
    <type name="Magento\Framework\Console\CommandList">
        <arguments>
            <argument name="commands" xsi:type="array">
                <item name="FikoWelcome" xsi:type="object">Fiko\Magento\Console\Welcome</item>
            </argument>
        </arguments>
    </type>
</config>
```

Focus on `item` syntax, the rest are rule by magento in order to create custom command line.

* <mark>name="FikoWelcome"</mark>, it is the command name, it's the identity of this command.
    
* <mark>xsi:type="object"</mark>, the type of what's inside this item syntax, in this case it's object.
    
* <mark>Fiko\Magento\Console\Welcome</mark>, magento 2 will call this class to be registered to magento as a custom command.
    

## Create new Console Class

Then we need to create class for this custom command.

Filepath: <mark>app/code/Fiko/Magento/Console/Welcome.php</mark>

```php
<?php

namespace Fiko\Magento\Console;

use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;

class Welcome extends Command
{
    protected function configure()
    {
        $this->setName('fiko:welcome');
        $this->setDescription('Demo description of welcoming someone!');

        parent::configure();
    }

    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
    {
        $output->writeln("Welcome Home!");
    }
}
```

`configure` and `execute` are default methods of creating custom command.

* <mark>configure</mark> is a method to define name or identity we need to type on command line.
    
* <mark>execute</mark> is default method that will handle the action.
    

## Call the Command

Finally, in order to call the command you have already created, you need to `setup:di:compile` and `cache:clear`.

```bash
bin/magento setup:di:compile
bin/magento cache:clear
```

Then you can call it by executing

```bash
bin/magento fiko:welcome
```

## Add Argument to Magento 2 Command

it's an optional and will be covered on next article, if you wish to add custom argument to your command line, you can [visit this article](https://s.id/1vo5x).