-- Demonstrates using command line arguments with ada.text_io; use ada.text_io; with ada.integer_text_io; use ada.integer_text_io; with ada.command_line; procedure cmdline is -- A renames helps show what's in the package without too much typing package cl renames ada.command_line; begin -- Output the name of the command put_line("The name of the command is: " & cl.command_name); -- Remember that the executable can be renamed -- Output the number of command line arguments put_line("Argument_Count: " & cl.argument_count'img); -- Output each command line argument -- Each argument is a string put_line("The Arguments are:"); for i in 1 .. cl.argument_count loop set_col(5); put(i, 2); put_line(": <" & cl.argument(i) & ">"); end loop; end cmdline; -- Sample run: > cmdline The cat sat, on 25 mats! -- Output: --|The name of the command is: cmdline --|Argument_Count: 6 --|The Arguments are: --| 1: --| 2: --| 3: --| 4: --| 5: <25> --| 6: