Questions tagged [cmdline-args]
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How to pass command line arguments to Deno?
I have a Deno app, that I wish to pass some command line args to. I searched the manual, but found nothing.
I tried to use the same commands used in Node.js, assuming they might be sharing some for the std libraries, but it didn't work as well.
var…

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Passing arguments to C++ programme for debugging in VSCode
I want to debug a C++ project in VSCode (on a Mac, using either GDB or LLDB). The program itself takes command line arguments like
./prog -input cf file_x.txt
This works fine when starting a debugging session in GDB on the command line.
In VSCode,…

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Detect whether macOS app was launched from the command line (Terminal)
I have a GUI macOS app that may also be launched from Terminal, with optional command line arguments.
When launched with arguments, I like to run the app in a "cmdline" mode where I do not display any UI but instead communicate via stdin + stdout…

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Lua cmd-line string
Say I call Lua with this cmd:
luajit neuralnetwork.lua --satEpoch "somestring" --maxEpoch 50
How can I access this same cmd-line string from Lua?
I know about the arg table, but it removes all quotes from the original command string making it…

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Read command line arguments in assembly
I'm writing an assembly program in NASM and as part of it I wanna be able to read command line arguments, which in my case could me one of two things, a debug message "-d", or a number represented in Hex, so for example:
`./programName AF -d`
The…

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Why is it allowed to modify argv[0]?
I have been working on a project that uses PIDs, /proc and command line analysis to validate processes on a system. My code had to be checked by the security guys who manage to break it with a single line... embarrassing!
#!/usr/bin/env perl
$0="I…

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passing a glob pattern as args in vscode linux python run configuration
in VScode on linux, when I need to set an argument for the python executable my_scipt.py that I am working on,
and this arg is supposed to be a glob pattern like
some/where/like_*,
I suspect it could be done by passing this arg in the jscript…

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Postgres How to import CSV ignoring a column id is bigserial
I have a CSV which contains column names and data, but does not have the column ID.
When I import my data via this command line:
type "..\MyCSVtoImport.csv" | "..\psql.exe" -h MyServerPostgres -p 5432 -U "MyUser" -c " COPY mytable FROM STDIN…

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Creating new Object from args given through cmd line gives me OutOfMemoryError thrown from UncaughtExceptionhandler
I cannot find out why the above error thrown. It works fine when I only enter 2 arguments (e.G 22.5 km), using more than that (20.5 km 400 ft) gives the error.
Here is the code:
if (args.length > 0)
{
for (int i = 0; i <…

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Use whitespace in Windows command line parameters
My AutoIt script :
WinWaitActive("Open")
Send($CmdLine[1])
Send("{ENTER}")
I execute it from Java (passing a filepath to it):
String autoITExecutable = "C:\\filechooser.exe " + fileSource;
Name of file contains spaces, so it reads filename up to…

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Does /proc/cmdline contain spaces after "="?
I have written a script to read a parameter from cmdline.
Ex. TARGET=X86.
Here My question is, can somebody give space after/before "="?
because in my test application i am searching the entire string "TARGET=X86". Is there any rule for writing…

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Linux console changed, print OK, read NOK
I'm working on a small embedded linux platform at the office where I have to change the default console from ttyS0 to another ttySx.
The ttyS0 is enabled and is the default console.
I enabled the other ttyS, successfully probed it, I've given it…

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Is it possible to disable code paths with command line arguments in C++?
I have a debug drawing flag in my game project. This flag determines whether Box2d's DebugDraw is drawing before the end of each frame. Is it possible to use something like:
#ifdef 'debug drawing flag'
//do debug…

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How can I extract only executable path and args from cmdline in linux?
I am writing a python application, which uses Popen to start other exectutables. I then use Psutil to collect information about them.
One of the things I need is the exact CMD I used to start the application. For example:
>>> p = psutil.Popen(
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Azure Devops steps.script vs CmdLine@2/ Bash@3
steps.script purpose is NOT clear. It allows only Inline Scripts to be executed? I actually want to use file with steps.script instead of inline script.
Cannot i use CmdLine@2 on windows or Bash@3 on linux/Unix Instead of steps.script.
Link for…

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