Command Line Argument Parsing

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Lesson overview

Lesson overview

Topics covered: getopt, getopt_long, argp library, option validation.

Command Line Argument Parsing

getopt(int argc, char *argv[], char *optstring) - BSD style
getopt_long - long options with flags
argp - full-featured option parsing library
Option validation, help text, default values

Article author: Arthur Isaev

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