How to compile with --bin option in solcjs?

Question

I want to compile using --bin option because I want to get to see the bytecode of the compilation.

Using solc I know it is something like this: solc --bin

How can I achieve this using solcjs?

Answer 1

The way you run this command using solcjs is the following:

solcjs --bin --include-path ../node_modules/ --base-path . MyERC20.sol

You need to specify include-path to tell the compiler where you store external contracts and libraries (in this case for open-zeppelin).

Note: To make --include-path work, you also need to add a non-empty --base-path. In this case, you can just go . to tell the compiler you want to use the exact same directory you are at.