Thread: command line arguments

Hi Everybody

I had a question regarding command line input.
What i'm trying to do is run a program based on arguments from the command line.

The entire line to be read in is:
//java -jar sort1.jar -fres/p -tsorttype=v -ssort
This is what I have so far:

public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		//if substring equals t then do sorttype
		//pick out the arguments from each item
		//if -f then pick out file
		//if -
 
		//java -jar sort1.jar -fres/p -tsorttype=v -ssort
		Testing t = new Testing();
 
		String file = args[0];
		for (String s: args)
		{
			if (args[0].equals(arg0))
                        {
                           //perform file operation
                       }
                         	if (args[1].equals(arg0))   
                               {
                                    perform sort type
                              }
		}
 
 
		//String path = args[1];
		String compare = args[1];
		String sort = args[2];
		char method2;
		//System.out.println(path);
		if (compare.contains("-h"))
		{
			method = 'h';
			//Testing.readIn(path);
 
		}
		else if (compare.contains("-a"))
		{
			method = 'a';
		}
 
		else if (compare.contains("-v"))
		{
			method = 'v';
		}
 
		if (compare.contains(sort))
		{
			method2 = 't';
		}

I've been trying to tear this apart for days but have no idea. Can someone please help. I tried looking in the javadoc but there are no examples.

Thanks
Riz

What exactly is the problem?