getopt
POSIX getopt() as a portable header library (by skeeto)
cargs
A lightweight cross-platform getopt alternative that is tested on Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and macOS. Command line argument parser library for C/C++. Can be used to parse argv and argc parameters. (by likle)
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getopt
Posts with mentions or reviews of getopt.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-05-04.
- Automated integer hash function discovery
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Porting my very simple C code from Unixen/macOS to Windows
Between -std=c99 and removing these headers, you're missing time definitions (struct timeval, gettimeofday) and option parsing definitions (struct option, getopt_long). Mingw-w64 provides all this for compatibility, but MSVC has none of these, so you'll need to write replacements. I've written embeddable, public domain implementations of getopt and something like getopt_long, in case that helps. These are how I deal with option parsing portability.
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I recently made a simple project in C. Would be really helpful if someone could review my code.
The option parser is crude and doesn't follow conventions. Particularly the lack of -- support (disables option parsing) would make it impossible to use safely in scripts. If you don't want to use the system or toolchain-provided getopt, here's a public domain, embeddable implementation: getopt.h
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How to properly handle position non-specific program arguments? ./my_prog --format:"mp3"
On unix-like systems there's a getopt function for parsing short options. Mingw-w64 has one as well, to cover Windows programs. If I care about portability, I just embed my own so it not only works everywhere, it behave the same everywhere, too.
- How to make programs for linux
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[ Feed back wanted ] Is this a good way to handle lot of if instead of if else?
https://github.com/skeeto/getopt/blob/master/getopt.h (short)
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Debian discusses vendoring again
Not only the GNU, you have an example in this thread where someone suggested to use or roll something similar to https://github.com/skeeto/getopt/blob/master/getopt.h, which, surprise, depends on strchr, a function that solves a much trivial problem than POSIX getopt, to begin with.
cargs
Posts with mentions or reviews of cargs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-10.
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How to make programs for linux
getopt is definitely a solid option and a good choice for suggesting to beginners. I personally prefer cargs, and I never use getops anymore. You can check out cargs here: https://github.com/likle/cargs
What are some alternatives?
When comparing getopt and cargs you can also consider the following projects:
optparse - Portable, reentrant, getopt-like option parser
rust-fnv - Fowler–Noll–Vo hash function
perl5 - 🐪 The Perl programming language
rust-base64 - base64, in rust
ripgrep-all - rga: ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz, etc.
itoa - Fast function for printing integer primitives to a decimal string
RetroBASIC - BASIC interpreter in lex/yacc/c
wingetopt - getopt library for Windows compilers
unicode-xid
nixpkgs - Nix Packages collection & NixOS