What is Command Line?

"The GetCommandLine call is unnecessary if your program doesn't process a command line. In this example, I show you how to call it in case you need it in your program. "

I looked through to see if it was mentioned in the Iczelion tutorial about what the/a command line is. But I havent seen a direct explanation or I missed it. So I was just wondering, what is it? :P

Hello Lachdahnan,

Welcome to the forums!

A commandline is the name of a command file and any parameters/arguments that are placed after it.

For example...

IEXPLORE -new

This will open a new instance of Internet explorer when typed into the console. The -new is considered a commandline argument/parameter.

Another example...

c:\program files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe -new

You could use the above when creating a new shortcut. Commandlines don't always need arguments after them. Programs/Command files, that use arguments, generally activate or disable a feature at runtime.

In the days of DOS...

DIR /P

Would display a directory of files in the current directory, one page at a time.

The MASM32 library has some functions for dealing with commandline arguments.

OHHHHHHH Ok I got it now. Thanks ! hehe I was quite confused there :P

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