No Existing Option to Burn Bootloader From Command Line

[davidcooper1]

Recently, there was a request in the VS Code Arduino extension repo to add a burn bootloader command (microsoft/vscode-arduino#967). This extension can use either arduino-cli or the arduino command line options. However, I noticed that while this option is present in the arduino-cli it is not present in the arduino command line options, nor did I notice any previous request for this feature. Can this be implemented, so that dependent applications, such as the VS Code extension, can make use of this?

[per1234]

Hi @davidcooper1. Thanks for your request. Arduino CLI is now considered the full replacement for the Arduino IDE 1.x command line interface, providing all the IDE's capabilities and much more. Those who use Arduino CLI directly will find far more user friendly and efficient than the Arduino IDE command line interface.

I see from your nice pull request that you are already aware of the fact, but for the benefit of others who use the Arduino IDE command line interface indirectly via Microsoft's "Visual Studio Code extension for Arduino"](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vsciot-vscode.vscode-arduino), I'll add that the extension can be used with Arduino CLI instead of Arduino IDE 1.x:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vsciot-vscode.vscode-arduino#arduino-cli