<![CDATA[Does it bother anyone else that $# in shell scripts and argc in C programs differ by one?]]>Does it bother anyone else that $# in shell scripts and argc in C programs differ by one? That has always bothered me.

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what are the contents of those 3 args for the C program then? ( or are there just 2, and C is not using zero-indexing in this particular place?)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/117309236465861711https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/117309236465861711Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:21:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does it bother anyone else that $# in shell scripts and argc in C programs differ by one? on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:05:17 GMT]]>@jef If you think about it wrong, it's actually off by two: $# is bash's argc minus 2.

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