shortcut command lines

how would i use or make my own shortcut commands in my program, like a way of opening up the devs console?
i.e.
just like the "C:/Program Files/Half-Life/hl.exe -console" in the half-life shortcut.

or is it not possible, i thought i saw a b3d game use it before...

If you are referring to command line arguments passed to your own program then check out the CommandLine command.

ah that was exactly what i needed, thanks