Get Command Line Arguments

private static string getArg(string[] args, string keyword, string defVal)

{

  string getArg;

  try

  {

  // always lower case

      getArg = args.Single(srch => srch.StartsWith(keyword.ToLower())).Substring(keyword.Length);

  }

  catch (Exception)

  {

      getArg = defVal;

  }

  return getArg;

}

Then to get the arguments

directory = getArg(args, "-d=",String.Empty);

fromString = getArg(args, "-f=", String.Empty);