# cli.evaluate – Axolotl

# cli.evaluate

`cli.evaluate`

CLI to run evaluation on a model.

## Functions

Name | Description
--- | ---
do_cli | Parses `axolotl` config, CLI args, and calls `do_evaluate`.
do_evaluate | Evaluates a `transformers` model by first loading the dataset(s) specified in the

### do_cli

    cli.evaluate.do_cli(config=Path('examples/'), **kwargs)

Parses `axolotl` config, CLI args, and calls `do_evaluate`.

#### Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Default
--- | --- | --- | ---
config | Union[Path, str] | Path to `axolotl` config YAML file. | `Path('examples/')`
kwargs |  | Additional keyword arguments to override config file values. | `{}`

### do_evaluate

    cli.evaluate.do_evaluate(cfg, cli_args)

Evaluates a `transformers` model by first loading the dataset(s) specified in the `axolotl` config, and then calling `axolotl.evaluate.evaluate`, which computes evaluation metrics on the given dataset(s) and writes them to disk.

#### Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Default
--- | --- | --- | ---
cfg | DictDefault | Dictionary mapping `axolotl` config keys to values. | required
cli_args | TrainerCliArgs | CLI arguments. | required