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Getopt

.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}getopt() is a POSIX C function used to parse command-line options of the Unix/POSIX style on C. It is a part of the POSIX specification, and is universal to Unix-like systems. It is also the name of a Unix program for parsing command line arguments in shell scripts.

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Getopt

Nodes59
Edges58
Triples74
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033898
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related to In other languages · 38
Getopt → Alternative, Apache Commons CLI, Boost, C's, Common Lisp, Console, Free Pascal, GetoptLong, GNU, GNU-style, Go, Google, Haskell, It, Java, Libraries, Lisp, LongandGetopt, MinGW, NET Framework
related to For users · 9
Getopt → All, GNU, Ifaandbtake, In, Multiple, Options, POSIX-recommended Utility Argument Syntax, The, When
related to In shell · 8
Getopt → FreeBSD, It, Shell, The, This, To, Unix System Laboratories, USL
related to For programmers · 7
Getopt → C-strings, Cmainfunction, For, GNU, Here, The, Theoptstringcontains
related to Extensions · 6
Getopt → BSD, In, POSIX, Since POSIX, Some, The
related to External links · 4
Getopt → MFC, Multibyte Microsoft Visual, POSIX, Unicode
related to history · 2
Getopt → As, The

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options gnu standard posix library argument shell long option function parsing command-line also arguments unix interface used extension implementation specification

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Getoptrelated to ExtensionsSome0.60section
Getoptrelated to ExtensionsThe0.60section
Getoptrelated to ExtensionsPOSIX0.60section
Getoptrelated to ExtensionsBSD0.60section
Getoptrelated to ExtensionsIn0.60section
Getoptrelated to ExtensionsSince POSIX0.60section
Getoptrelated to External linksPOSIX0.60section
Getoptrelated to External linksUnicode0.60section
Getoptrelated to External linksMultibyte Microsoft Visual0.60section
Getoptrelated to External linksMFC0.60section
Getoptrelated to For programmersThe0.60section
Getoptrelated to For programmersGNU0.60section

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