Top "Command-line-arguments" questions

Programming command line utilities that take parameters.

Is there a "standard" format for command line/shell help text?

If not, is there a de facto standard? Basically I'm writing a command line help text like so: usage: app_…

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Passing on command line arguments to runnable JAR

I built a runnable JAR from an Eclipse project that processes a given XML file and extracts the plain text. …

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mkdir's "-p" option

So this doesn't seem like a terribly complicated question I have, but it's one I can't find the answer to. …

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Console app arguments, how arguments are passed to Main method

This would be question from c# beginner. When I create console application I get Main method with parameter args as …

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What is Robocopy's "restartable" option?

robocopy /Z = "copy files in restartable mode". What does this option do? All the documentation I've found simply quotes the …

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Bash command line and input limit

Is there some sort of character limit imposed in bash (or other shells) for how long an input can be? …

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Transform hexadecimal information to binary using a Linux command

I have this binary file on my Linux system... udit@udit-Dabba ~ $ cat file.enc Salted__s�bO��<0�F���Jw!���]�:`…

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Retrieving multiple arguments for a single option using getopts in Bash

I need help with getopts. I created a Bash script which looks like this when run: $ foo.sh -i env …

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How to capture arguments passed to a Groovy script?

I am just starting out with Groovy. I couldn't find any examples anywhere of how to handle arguments to a …

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How do you specify command line arguments in Xcode 4?

I just upgraded to Xcode 4 and can't find much documentation on it yet, since it just went gold master. I …

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