This post covers some well-known Linux commands that, when used with particular options and arguments, can save you some time or ensure that what you are doing is what you intended. The first “trick” ...

What do you guys think the "standard" format and parsing of command line arguments should be? (When you are writing the program that consumes the arguments) Obey your platform guidelines.

Simply put, I'm attempting to pass arguments from the command line and access them through LISP. To note, I'm using Allegro Common Lisp from the shell (not emacs).At any rate, I read somewhere ...