Download DOCUMENTATION (superGetOpt (a getopt replacement))

Other Useful Business Software

Gemini 3 and 200+ AI Models on One Platform

Access Google's best plus Claude, Llama, and Gemma. Fine-tune and deploy from one console.

Build, govern, and optimize agents and models with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.

Start Free

Full-stack observability with actually useful AI | Grafana Cloud

Our generous forever free tier includes the full platform, including the AI Assistant, for 3 users with 10k metrics, 50GB logs, and 50GB traces.

Built on open standards like Prometheus and OpenTelemetry, Grafana Cloud includes Kubernetes Monitoring, Application Observability, Incident Response, plus the AI-powered Grafana Assistant. Get started with our generous free tier today.

Create free account

Secure File Transfer for Windows with Cerberus by Redwood

Protect and share files over FTP/S, SFTP, HTTPS and SCP with the #1 rated Windows file transfer server.

Cerberus supports unlimited users and connections on a single IP, with built-in encryption, 2FA, and a browser-based web client — all deployable in under 15 minutes with a 25-day free trial.

Try for Free

8 Monitoring Tools in One APM. Install in 5 Minutes.

Errors, performance, logs, uptime, hosts, anomalies, dashboards, and check-ins. One interface.

AppSignal works out of the box for Ruby, Elixir, Node.js, Python, and more. 30-day free trial, no credit card required.

Start Free

Custom VMs From 1 to 96 vCPUs With 99.95% Uptime

General-purpose, compute-optimized, or GPU/TPU-accelerated. Built to your exact specs.

Live migration and automatic failover keep workloads online through maintenance. One free e2-micro VM every month.

Try Free

superGetOpt (a getopt replacement) Overview

A simple, elegant way to handle command line arguments in C/C++.

superGetOpt
===========

SuperGetOpt is a printf-like getopt replacement for command line argument handling.

The supergetopt library makes it very easy to handle all kinds of command-line arguments in a printf()-style way.
All types of command-line arguments are supported and all user-supplied values are checked for type validity.

If you have been searching for an easy-to-use, flexible, portable command-line and general use parser, this is it!

A Simple Example:
=================

int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
int n, argPos;
float yourFloat;
int yourInt;
char *yourString;

n = superGetOpt( argc, argv, &argPos, "-YourFlag %f%s%d", &yourFloat, yourString, &yourInt, "Help Message", NULL );

return(n);
}

It's that easy. No header files to create, no argument order to concern yourself with.
Please read the testSuperGetOpt.c example and you'll fully understand.

Additional Details for superGetOpt (a getopt replacement)

User Interface

Other toolkit

Programming Language

C, C++

Registered

2010-09-20

Last Updated

2016-06-11

Maintainers

toastoid

Keep Me Updated!

Get an email when this software releases a new version (no other emails will be sent). Get newsletters and notices that include site news, special offers and exclusive discounts about IT products & services.

I understand by clicking on "Subscribe" below I am agreeing to the SourceForge Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy which describe how we use and share your data. I agree to receive these communications from SourceForge.net. I understand that I can withdraw my consent at anytime.

JavaScript is required for this form.

superGetOpt (a getopt replacement)