In order to understand what a command line argument is, we should show an example of how a program is normally launched. In Windows, when you start a program by clicking on it's icon, or shortcut ...

Watch the tutorial's companion video here! Some programs provide the ability to add arguments when executing it in order to change a particular behavior or modify how the program operates.

I can't seem to find a preferred/standard way to parse command line arguments. I know I can roll my own parser, but surely with every GNU app on the planet taking command line arguments there must ...