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Improve arguments handling

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by locating the C entry point that parses command-line arguments and inspect how the CSV input and Power PMAC buffer are currently configured. Try runs with missing and extra arguments to establish the current behavior. Done means invalid argument counts are checked and documented default values are applied consistently.

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Description

Add checks for the number of arguments and default values.

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C
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