Where did the convention of naming command line arguments as ‘argv’ come from?
It seems like Python, PHP, and Ruby all use the name “argv” to refer to the list of command line arguments. Where does the name “argv” come from? Why not something like “args”?
Checking for minimum number of command-line arguments, but allowing help switch
I just ran into an odd scenario. I’m sure that I must have run into the same situation in the past and yet somehow not noticed it until now.
When is it appropriate to use colour in a command-line application?
Currently I have a command-line application in C called btcwatch. It has a -C option that it can receive as an argument that compares the current price of Bitcoin with a price that was stored beforehand with -S. Example output with this option is:
Where does the tradition of shell prompts in code snippets come from?
Most code samples I see that demonstrate shell code preface each command with $. Having a prefix makes sense, but I’m confused as to why $ is used in particular. Some other symbol, like !, that can be copied and pasted into a prompt without affecting the command’s execution makes far more sense to me. So where does this notation come from?
Where does the tradition of shell prompts in code snippets come from?
Most code samples I see that demonstrate shell code preface each command with $. Having a prefix makes sense, but I’m confused as to why $ is used in particular. Some other symbol, like !, that can be copied and pasted into a prompt without affecting the command’s execution makes far more sense to me. So where does this notation come from?
Simple avenues for dynamically building Windows executables
I’m trying to build a Firefox add-on which lets you create executable files which can be associated with a default program or added to the “Open With” list and possess its own icon.
Simple avenues for dynamically building Windows executables
I’m trying to build a Firefox add-on which lets you create executable files which can be associated with a default program or added to the “Open With” list and possess its own icon.
Simple avenues for dynamically building Windows executables
I’m trying to build a Firefox add-on which lets you create executable files which can be associated with a default program or added to the “Open With” list and possess its own icon.
Simple avenues for dynamically building Windows executables
I’m trying to build a Firefox add-on which lets you create executable files which can be associated with a default program or added to the “Open With” list and possess its own icon.
IS a command-line (Console) is important to learn for ASP.NET developer? [closed]
Closed 10 years ago.