List of strings; optional; subject to $(location) and "Make variable" substitution, and Bourne shell tokenization

Command line arguments that bazel will pass to the target when it is executed either by the run command or as a test. These arguments are passed before the ones that are specified on the bazel run or bazel test command line.

Most binary rules permit an args attribute, but where this attribute is not allowed, this fact is documented under the specific rule.