Top "Getopt" questions

The `getopt` and `getopt_long` functions automate some of the chores involved in parsing typical unix command line options.

Using getopts to process long and short command line options

I wish to have long and short forms of command line options invoked using my shell script. I know that …

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Why use argparse rather than optparse?

I noticed that the Python 2.7 documentation includes yet another command-line parsing module. In addition to getopt and optparse we now …

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how to take integers as command line arguments?

I've read a getopt() example but it doesn't show how to accept integers as argument options, like cvalue would be …

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getopt.h: Compiling Linux C-Code in Windows

I am trying to get a set of nine *.c files (and nine related *.h files) to compile under Windows. …

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Getopt- Passing string parameter for argument

I have a program which takes in multiple command line arguments so I am using getopt. One of my arguments …

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Optional option argument with getopts

while getopts "hd:R:" arg; do case $arg in h) echo "usgae" ;; d) dir=$OPTARG ;; R) if [[ $OPTARG =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]];then …

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getopt fails to detect missing argument for option

I have a program which takes various command line arguments. For the sake of simplification, we will say it takes 3 …

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How to get a value from optarg

Hi I am writing a simple client-server program. In this program I have to use getopt() to get the port …

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Processing multiple values for one single option using getopt/optparse?

Is it possible to fetch multiple values for one option using getopt or optparse, as shown in the example below: ./…

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