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                      3: argv                        C Language                       argv
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                      8: Argument passed to main()
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                     10: char *argv[];
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                     12: argv  is an  abbreviation  for ``argument  vector''.   It is  the
                     13: traditional name  for a  pointer to  an array of  string pointers
                     14: passed to  a C program's main function; by  convention, it is the
                     15: second argument  passed to  main.  By convention,  argv[0] always
                     16: points to the name of the command itself.
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                     18: ***** Example *****
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                     20: This example  demonstrates both argc and  argv[], to recreate the
                     21: command echo.
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                     24: main(argc, argv)
                     25: int argc; char *argv[];
                     26: {
                     27:         int i;
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                     31:         for (i = 1; i < argc; ) {
                     32:                 printf("%s", argv[i]);
                     33:                 if (++i < argc)
                     34:                         putchar(' ');
                     35:         }
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                     39:         putchar('\n');
                     40:         return 0;
                     41: }
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                     44: ***** See Also *****
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                     46: argc, C language, envp, main()
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