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variable Deno.args

Returns the script arguments to the program.

Give the following command line invocation of Deno:

deno run --allow-read https://deno.land/std/examples/cat.ts /etc/passwd

Then Deno.args will contain:

[ "/etc/passwd" ]

If you are looking for a structured way to parse arguments, there is the std/flags module as part of the Deno standard library.

type

string[]