i'm not surprised this didn't work

lib/Item.h

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #ifndef ITEM_H
 #define ITEM_H
-#include <iostream>
+#include <cstdint>
 class Item {
     private:
         uint32_t count;

src/main.cpp

@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ const char* defaultPath = "$HOME/.config/factorioclone";
 const char* defaultPath = getenv("APPDATA");
 #endif
 const char* filename = "main";
-
+int c;
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    	int c;
 	bool debug = false, help = false;
 	char* fileToParse = "";
 	struct winsize w;
@@ -37,6 +36,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 		}
     	}
+	for (int i; i < argc; i++) {
+		char* arg = argv[i];
+		int filename_length = 0;
+		for (int char_count; char_count < 500; char_count++) { // how to not check file types; note to self, make this work with magic numbers and not file extensions
+			if (arg[char_count] == '\0') { filename_length = char_count; break;}
+		}
+		for (int j; j < filename_length-5; j++) { // why am i allowed near a computer
+			arg += j;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, ".json")) {
+			std::cout << "oh god it worked" << std::endl;
+			
+		}
+	}
 	std::cout << "debug: " << debug << " help: " << help << std::endl;
 	if (help) {
 		std::cout << "this is a factorio clone. we don't have a working name for it yet, but dragon lord suggested \"beurocra-tech\"" << std::endl;