[#absl-ParseCommandLine]
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First parses Abseil Flags only from the command line according to the description in `ParseAbseilFlagsOnly`. In addition this function handles unrecognized and usage flags.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<absl/flags/parse.h>`

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std::vector<char*>
ParseCommandLine(
    int argc,
    char* argv[]);
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== Description

If any unrecognized flags are located they are reported using `ReportUnrecognizedFlags`.

If any errors detected during command line parsing, this routine reports a usage message and aborts the program.

If any built‐in usage flags were specified on the command line (e.g. `‐‐help`), this function reports help messages and then gracefully exits the program.

== Return Value

All the remaining positional arguments collected by `ParseAbseilFlagsOnly`.

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *argc*
| The number of command‐line arguments, as passed to `main()`.
| *argv*
| The command‐line arguments, as passed to `main()`.
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