How do you read command-line arguments in C?

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Command line arguments in C are passed to the main function as argc and argv. Command line arguments are used to control the program from the outside. argv is a Null pointer. The name of the program is stored in argv, the first command-line parameter in argv, and the last argument in argv.
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Command line arguments in C are passed to the main function as argc and argv. Command line arguments are used to control the program from the outside. argv[argc] is a Null pointer. The name of the program is stored in argv[0], the first command-line parameter in argv[1], and the last argument in argv[n]. read less
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Command line arguments in C are passed to the main function as argc and argv. Command line arguments are used to control the program from the outside. argv is a Null pointer. The name of the program is stored in argv, the first command-line parameter in argv, and the last argument in argv
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Command line arguments in C are passed to the main function as argc and argv. Command line arguments are used to control the program from the outside. argv[argc] is a Null pointer. The name of the program is stored in argv[0], the first command-line parameter in argv[1], and the last argument in argv read less
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