command-line-arguments Archives - Page 3 of 4

What does int argc, char *argv[] mean?

In many C++ IDE’s and compilers, when it generates the main function for you, it looks like this: int main(int argc, char *argv) ...

April 29, 2022
0 Comments

How do I parse command line arguments in Java?

What is a good way of parsing command line arguments in Java? 20 s 20 Check these out: http://commons.apache.org/cli/ http://www.martiansoftware.com/jsap/ Or roll your ...

April 28, 2022
0 Comments

How to read/process command line arguments?

I am originally a C programmer. I have seen numerous tricks and “hacks” to read many different arguments. What are some of the ...

April 27, 2022
0 Comments

Best way to parse command line arguments in C#? [closed]

As it currently stands, this question is not a good fit for our Q&A format. We expect answers to be supported by facts, ...

April 25, 2022
0 Comments

Argument list too long error for rm, cp, mv commands

I have several hundred PDFs under a directory in UNIX. The names of the PDFs are really long (approx. 60 chars). When I ...

April 22, 2022
0 Comments

Passing additional variables from command line to make

Can I pass variables to a GNU Makefile as command line arguments? In other words, I want to pass some arguments which will ...

April 21, 2022
0 Comments

Parsing boolean values with argparse

I would like to use argparse to parse boolean command-line arguments written as “–foo True” or “–foo False”. For example: my_program --my_boolean_flag False ...

April 18, 2022
0 Comments

Check number of arguments passed to a Bash script

I would like my Bash script to print an error message if the required argument count is not met. I tried the following ...

April 18, 2022
0 Comments

Propagate all arguments in a bash shell script

I am writing a very simple script that calls another script, and I need to propagate the parameters from my current script to ...

April 15, 2022
0 Comments

How to pass command line arguments to a rake task

I have a rake task that needs to insert a value into multiple databases. I’d like to pass this value into the rake ...

April 14, 2022
0 Comments