diff --git a/src/s11/options.c b/src/s11/options.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2018, Great Software Laboratory Pvt. Ltd.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Infosys Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+
+#include "options.h"
+#include "log.h"
+
+void parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int args_set = 0;
+	int c = 0;
+
+	const struct option long_options[] = {
+	  {"config_file",  required_argument, NULL, 'f'},
+	  {0, 0, 0, 0}
+	};
+
+	do {
+		int option_index = 0;
+
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "f:", long_options,
+				&option_index);
+
+		if (c == -1)
+			break;
+
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'f':
+			break;
+		default:
+			log_msg(LOG_ERROR, "Unknown argument - %s.", argv[optind]);
+			exit(0);
+		}
+	} while (c != -1);
+
+	if ((args_set & REQ_ARGS) != REQ_ARGS) {
+		log_msg(LOG_ERROR, "Usage: %s\n", argv[0]);
+		for (c = 0; long_options[c].name; ++c) {
+			log_msg(LOG_ERROR, "\t[ -%s | -%c ] %s\n",
+					long_options[c].name,
+					long_options[c].val,
+					long_options[c].name);
+		}
+		exit(0);
+	}
+}
+