Parsing Argument Values

We use command line scripts to pass values like

java submit <input_file=test1> <output_dir=dir_name>

I have a need to pass the argument values to another program. How do I parse these values.
Sorry if it was asked earlier but I am very new to Java.

Thanks in advance

Hi,

You can improve the code below and use. This is just indicative.

Code:

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public class ParseOptions {

        /**
        * @param args
        */
        public static void main(String[] args) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                String input_file = args[0].split("=")[1];
                String dest_dir = args[1].split("=")[1];
               
                System.out.println("input_file "+input_file);
                System.out.println("dest_dir "+dest_dir);
        }

}

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But an elegant way to do this would be to use one of the open source command line frameworks like Apache Commons.

HTH