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What is argc and argv?
  • argc: number of command-line arguments.
  • argv: array of C-strings holding those arguments.
  • argv[0] is the program name (the executable's name used to start the program).
  • argv[1] to argv[argc-1] are the actual command-line arguments. Example: running ./myapp arg1 arg2 sets argv[0]="./myapp", argv[1]="arg1", argv[2]="arg2".
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int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {

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char* is a pointer to a character or to the first character in a C-string (null-terminated array of chars).

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