https://github.com/stax76/show-args

Windows app that shows a message box with the received command line arguments.
https://github.com/stax76/show-args

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Windows app that shows a message box with the received command line arguments.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/stax76/show-args
• Owner: stax76
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-08-07T17:43:04.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-11-26T13:30:31.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-11-29T11:32:35.899Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: command-line, command-line-tool, console, powershell, terminal
• Language: C#
• Homepage:
• Size: 85 KB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: License.txt

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# About

Windows app that shows a message box with the received command line arguments.

It can be useful to debug complex command lines.

# Requirements

- Windows 7 or newer

- [.NET Desktop Runtime 6](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0)

# Screenshot

![-](show-args.png)

# Resources

- https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20100917-00/?p=12833

- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-language/parsing-c-command-line-arguments?view=msvc-170

- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/twistylittlepassagesallalike/everyone-quotes-command-line-arguments-the-wrong-way

- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cpp/main-function-command-line-args#parsing-c-command-line-arguments

- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_quoting_rules

- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_special_characters

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A list of my other projects can be found here:

https://stax76.github.io/software-list