Command Argument

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. A value supplied to a command or program invocation to control what it does or how it behaves. Command arguments can be positional values, flags, or key-value options, and they are central to scripting and automation workflows.

    In plain English: A value passed to a command when running a program.

    Example: "The deployment script took a command argument for the release channel so the same entry point could handle canary and stable rollouts."

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