CLI Argument

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. A value passed to a command-line program when it is started, whether as a flag, option value, or positional parameter. CLI arguments let users and scripts control program behavior without editing code or configuration files directly.

    In plain English: A value passed to a command-line program to control how it runs.

    Example: "The deploy tool took a CLI argument for the target environment so the same binary could handle staging and production with different configs."

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