argv_split(9)

argv_split(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for argv_split — it’s giving “string goes in, argv comes out” energy. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

argv_split — split a string at whitespace, returning an argv.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

char ** argv_split (const char *str , int *argcp );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• str — the string to be split. literally the main character here.
• argcp — returned argument count. this is where the count comes back, bestie.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns an array of pointers to strings which are split out from str. That’s the whole vibe: hand it a string, get back the argv array. ✨

This is performed by strictly splitting on white-space; no quote processing is performed. So quotes do not get special treatment, no cap. Multiple whitespace characters are considered to be a single argument separator. The returned array is always NULL-terminated. Returns NULL on memory allocation failure.

heads up, bestie: “memory allocation failure” means you get NULL back — that’s the failure signal, okay? 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./tools/lib/argv_split.c
• argv_free(9)

source: ./tools/lib · date: October 2026 · page: argv_split(9) — byeeeee bestie 💖🫶✨