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2 <section id="GuideReferenceCommandLine">\r
3   <title>Command Line Options</title>\r
4   <para>\r
5     Geeqie is called by the command:\r
6     <programlisting>\r
7       geeqie [options] [path_to_file_or_collection]\r
8       <footnote id='ref1'>The name of a collection, with or without either path or extension (.gqv) may be used. If a path is not used and there is a name conflict with a file or folder, that will take precedence.</footnote>\r
9     </programlisting>\r
10   </para>\r
11   <para>These are the command line options available to Geeqie:</para>\r
12   <table frame="all">\r
13     <tgroup cols="3" rowsep="1" colsep="1">\r
14       <thead rowsep="1" colsep="1">\r
15         <row>\r
16           <entry>Short Option</entry>\r
17           <entry>Long Option</entry>\r
18           <entry>Description</entry>\r
19         </row>\r
20       </thead>\r
21       <tbody rowsep="1" colsep="1">\r
22         <row>\r
23           <entry>+t</entry>\r
24           <entry>--with-tools</entry>\r
25           <entry>Show file list, menu, and statusbar.</entry>\r
26         </row>\r
27         <row>\r
28           <entry>-t</entry>\r
29           <entry>--without-tools</entry>\r
30           <entry>Hide file list, menu, and statusbar. Window contains image only.</entry>\r
31         </row>\r
32         <row>\r
33           <entry>-f</entry>\r
34           <entry>--fullscreen</entry>\r
35           <entry>Start up in fullscreen.</entry>\r
36         </row>\r
37         <row>\r
38           <entry>-s</entry>\r
39           <entry>--slideshow</entry>\r
40           <entry>Start up in slideshow mode.</entry>\r
41         </row>\r
42         <row>\r
43           <entry>-l [filelist] [collectionlist]</entry>\r
44           <entry>--list [filelist] [collectionlist]</entry>\r
45           <entry>Open collection window containing images specified on the command line. Any collections on the command line will also be appended to this collection.</entry>\r
46         </row>\r
47         <row>\r
48           <entry />\r
49           <entry>--blank</entry>\r
50           <entry>Start with file list blank.</entry>\r
51         </row>\r
52         <row>\r
53           <entry />\r
54           <entry>--geometry=&lt;w&gt;x&lt;h&gt;+&lt;x&gt;+&lt;y&gt;</entry>\r
55           <entry>Set the &lt;width&gt; &lt;height&gt; &lt;xoffset&gt; &lt;yoffset&gt; of the window. The parameters are in pixels.</entry>\r
56         </row>\r
57         <row>\r
58           <entry>-r</entry>\r
59           <entry>--remote</entry>\r
60           <entry>Send command line options to existing Geeqie process.</entry>\r
61         </row>\r
62         <row>\r
63           <entry>-rh</entry>\r
64           <entry>--remote-help</entry>\r
65           <entry>List command line options available to --remote.</entry>\r
66         </row>\r
67         <row>\r
68           <entry>-h</entry>\r
69           <entry>--help</entry>\r
70           <entry>Display brief command line option list.</entry>\r
71         </row>\r
72         <row>\r
73           <entry>-v</entry>\r
74           <entry>--version</entry>\r
75           <entry>Display version of Geeqie.</entry>\r
76         </row>\r
77         <row>\r
78           <entry />\r
79           <entry>--debug[=&lt;level&gt;]</entry>\r
80           <entry>Turn on debugging output (when compiled with Debug enabled). &lt;level&gt; is 0 to 4.</entry>\r
81         </row>\r
82         <row>\r
83           <entry>-g:&lt;regexp&gt;</entry>\r
84           <entry>--grep:&lt;regexp&gt;</entry>\r
85           <entry>Filter debug output with regular expression</entry>\r
86         </row>\r
87         <row>\r
88           <entry>+w</entry>\r
89           <entry>--show-log-window</entry>\r
90           <entry>Display log window</entry>\r
91         </row>\r
92         <row>\r
93           <entry>-o:&lt;file&gt;</entry>\r
94           <entry>--log-file:&lt;file&gt;</entry>\r
95           <entry>Save log data to file</entry>\r
96         </row>\r
97         <row>\r
98           <entry />\r
99           <entry>--alternate</entry>\r
100           <entry>Use alternate similarity algorithm - experimental - requires re-compile.</entry>\r
101         </row>\r
102       </tbody>\r
103     </tgroup>\r
104   </table>\r
105   <para />\r
106   <section id="Remotecommands">\r
107     <title>Remote commands</title>\r
108     <para>The --remote command line option will send all entered commands to an existing Geeqie process, a new process will be started if one does not exist. These are the additional commands that can be used with the remote command:</para>\r
109     <table frame="all">\r
110       <tgroup cols="3" rowsep="1" colsep="1">\r
111         <thead rowsep="1" colsep="1">\r
112           <row>\r
113             <entry>Short Option</entry>\r
114             <entry>Long Option</entry>\r
115             <entry>Description</entry>\r
116           </row>\r
117         </thead>\r
118         <tbody>\r
119           <row>\r
120             <entry>-n</entry>\r
121             <entry>--next</entry>\r
122             <entry>Change main window to display next image.</entry>\r
123           </row>\r
124           <row>\r
125             <entry>-b</entry>\r
126             <entry>--back</entry>\r
127             <entry>Change main window to display previous image.</entry>\r
128           </row>\r
129           <row>\r
130             <entry />\r
131             <entry>--first</entry>\r
132             <entry>Change main window to display first image.</entry>\r
133           </row>\r
134           <row>\r
135             <entry />\r
136             <entry>--last</entry>\r
137             <entry>Change main window to display last image.</entry>\r
138           </row>\r
139           <row>\r
140             <entry>-f</entry>\r
141             <entry>--fullscreen</entry>\r
142             <entry>Toggle full screen mode of the main window.</entry>\r
143           </row>\r
144           <row>\r
145             <entry>-fs</entry>\r
146             <entry>--fullscreen-start</entry>\r
147             <entry>Start full screen mode for main window.</entry>\r
148           </row>\r
149           <row>\r
150             <entry>-fS</entry>\r
151             <entry>--fullscreen-stop</entry>\r
152             <entry>Stop full screen mode for main window.</entry>\r
153           </row>\r
154           <row>\r
155             <entry>-s</entry>\r
156             <entry>--slideshow</entry>\r
157             <entry>Toggle slide show for main window.</entry>\r
158           </row>\r
159           <row>\r
160             <entry>-ss</entry>\r
161             <entry>--slideshow-start</entry>\r
162             <entry>Start slide show for main window.</entry>\r
163           </row>\r
164           <row>\r
165             <entry>-sS</entry>\r
166             <entry>--slideshow-stop</entry>\r
167             <entry>Stop slide show for main window.</entry>\r
168           </row>\r
169           <row>\r
170             <entry />\r
171             <entry>--slideshow-recurse:&lt;folder&gt;</entry>\r
172             <entry>Start recursive slide show for &lt;folder&gt; in main window.</entry>\r
173           </row>\r
174           <row>\r
175             <entry>-d&lt;[h:][m:][n][.m]&gt;</entry>\r
176             <entry>--delay=&lt;[h:][m:][n][.m]&gt;</entry>\r
177             <entry>Set slide show delay to &lt;[hrs:][mins:][n][.m]&gt; seconds, range is 0.1 secs to 24 hours</entry>\r
178           </row>\r
179           <row>\r
180             <entry>+t</entry>\r
181             <entry>--tools-show</entry>\r
182             <entry>Show tools for main window.</entry>\r
183           </row>\r
184           <row>\r
185             <entry>-t</entry>\r
186             <entry>--tools-hide</entry>\r
187             <entry>Hide tools for main window.</entry>\r
188           </row>\r
189           <row>\r
190             <entry>-q</entry>\r
191             <entry>--quit</entry>\r
192             <entry>Quit Geeqie.</entry>\r
193           </row>\r
194           <row>\r
195             <entry />\r
196             <entry>--config-load:&lt;file&gt;</entry>\r
197             <entry>Load configuration from &lt;file&gt;.</entry>\r
198           </row>\r
199           <row>\r
200             <entry />\r
201             <entry>--get-sidecars:&lt;file&gt;</entry>\r
202             <entry>Get list of sidecars of &lt;file&gt;.</entry>\r
203           </row>\r
204           <row>\r
205             <entry />\r
206             <entry>--get-destination:&lt;file&gt;</entry>\r
207             <entry>Get destination path of &lt;file&gt;. This is used by the symlink desktop file to implement the symbolic link operation. There is no useful function for the user.</entry>\r
208           </row>\r
209           <row>\r
210             <entry />\r
211             <entry>file:&lt;file&gt;</entry>\r
212             <entry>Open  &lt;file&gt; and bring Geeqie window to the top</entry>\r
213           </row>\r
214           <row>\r
215             <entry />\r
216             <entry>File:&lt;file&gt;</entry>\r
217             <entry>Open  &lt;file&gt; and do not bring Geeqie window to the top</entry>\r
218           </row>\r
219           <row>\r
220             <entry />\r
221             <entry>--tell</entry>\r
222             <entry>Print filename of current image</entry>\r
223           </row>\r
224           <row>\r
225             <entry />\r
226             <entry>view:&lt;file&gt;</entry>\r
227             <entry>Open new window containing &lt;file&gt;</entry>\r
228           </row>\r
229           <row>\r
230             <entry />\r
231             <entry>--list-clear</entry>\r
232             <entry>Clear command line collection list</entry>\r
233           </row>\r
234           <row>\r
235             <entry />\r
236             <entry>--list-add:&lt;file&gt;</entry>\r
237             <entry>Add &lt;file&gt; to command line collection list</entry>\r
238           </row>\r
239           <row>\r
240             <entry />\r
241             <entry>raise</entry>\r
242             <entry>Bring the geeqie window to the top</entry>\r
243           </row>\r
244           <row>\r
245             <entry>-ct:clear|clean</entry>\r
246             <entry>--cache-thumbs:clear|clean</entry>\r
247             <entry>clear or clean thumbnail cache</entry>\r
248           </row>\r
249           <row>\r
250             <entry>-cs:clear|clean</entry>\r
251             <entry>--cache-shared:clear|clean</entry>\r
252             <entry>clear or clean shared thumbnail cache</entry>\r
253           </row>\r
254           <row>\r
255             <entry>-cm</entry>\r
256             <entry>--cache-metadata</entry>\r
257             <entry>clean the metadata cache</entry>\r
258           </row>\r
259           <row>\r
260             <entry>-cr:&lt;folder&gt;</entry>\r
261             <entry>--cache-render:&lt;folder&gt;</entry>\r
262             <entry>render thumbnails</entry>\r
263           </row>\r
264           <row>\r
265             <entry>-crr:&lt;folder&gt;</entry>\r
266             <entry>--cache-render-recurse:&lt;folder&gt;</entry>\r
267             <entry>render thumbnails recursively</entry>\r
268           </row>\r
269           <row>\r
270             <entry>-crs:&lt;folder&gt;</entry>\r
271             <entry>--cache-render-shared:&lt;folder&gt;</entry>\r
272             <entry>\r
273               render thumbnails\r
274               <footnote id='ref2'>\r
275                 <para>If standard thumbnail cache is not enabled, this command will be ignored.</para>\r
276               </footnote>\r
277             </entry>\r
278           </row>\r
279           <row>\r
280             <entry>-crsr:&lt;folder&gt;</entry>\r
281             <entry>--cache-render-shared-recurse:&lt;folder&gt;</entry>\r
282             <entry>render thumbnails recursively</entry>\r
283           </row>\r
284           <row>\r
285             <entry />\r
286             <entry>--lua:&lt;file&gt;,&lt;lua script&gt;</entry>\r
287             <entry>run lua script on file</entry>\r
288           </row>\r
289         </tbody>\r
290       </tgroup>\r
291     </table>\r
292     <para />\r
293   </section>\r
294 </section>\r