The Command Line
Accessing

  • Two variables provide access to command line arguments

    • The variable $0 contains the command name
    • The variable @ARGV contains the argument list

  • The command line "myScript -a -f file -c" yields

      Variable Contains
      $0 myScript
      $ARGV[0] -a
      $ARGV[1] -f
      $ARGV[2] file
      $ARGV[3] -c

  • Note: In "C" the "argv" array includes the command name in argv[0]