argc AND argv[0]

Posted 2020-12-13 defoliate

reference: http://crasseux.com/books/ctutorial/argc-and-argv.html

argc stands for argument counts.

the "v" of argv[] stands for vector, and argv stands for the specific parameter when you input in command. We could test them with the following code.

Notice: when we execute the following program, it should be executable file. e.g. it should be ./a a b c, not gcc -o ab a.cpp

#include <stdio.h>

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  int count;

  printf ("This program was called with "%s".
",argv[0]);

  if (argc > 1)
    {
      for (count = 1; count < argc; count++)
    {
      printf("argv[%d] = %s
", count, argv[count]);
    }
    }
  else
    {
      printf("The command had no other arguments.
");
    }

  return 0;
}