* along with Jalview. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
* The Jalview Authors are detailed in the 'AUTHORS' file.
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-<title>Jalview Command Line Arguments: summary</title>
+<title>Command Line: introduction and reference</title>
<body>
- <h1>Jalview Command Line Arguments: summary</h1>
+ <h1>Command Line: introduction and reference</h1>
<p>
- Jalview Command Line Arguments: summary
+ Command Line: introduction
<br/>
- <a href="clarguments-intro.html">Jalview Command Line Arguments: introduction</a>
+ <a href="clarguments-basic.html">Command Line: basic usage</a>
<br/>
- <a href="clarguments-basic.html">Jalview Command Line Arguments: basic usage</a>
+ <a href="clarguments-advanced.html">Command Line: advanced usage</a>
<br/>
- <a href="clarguments-advanced.html">Jalview Command Line Arguments: advanced usage</a>
+ <a href="clarguments-argfiles.html">Command Line: argument files</a>
<br/>
- <a href="clarguments-argfiles.html">Jalview Command Line Arguments: argfiles</a>
+ <a href="clarguments-reference.html">Command Line: reference</a>
</p>
- <hr/>
-
-
- <h2>Initialising arguments</h2>
-
- <table border="1" cellpadding="3">
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><strong>argument</strong></td>
- <td><strong>action</strong></td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑help / -h</code></td>
- <td>Display a help statement</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑headless</code></td>
- <td>Run Jalview in headless mode. No GUI interface will be created and Jalview will quit after all arguments have been processed.</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑jabaws <em>URL</em></code></td>
- <td>Set a different URL to connect to a JABAWS server.</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑news / ‑‑nonews</code></td>
- <td>Show (or don't show) the news feed.</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑splash / ‑‑nosplash</code></td>
- <td>Show (or don't show) the About Jalview splash screen.</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑questionnaire / ‑‑noquestionnaire</code></td>
- <td>Show (or don't show) the questionnaire if one is available.</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑usagestats / ‑‑nousagestats</code></td>
- <td>Send (or don't send) initial launch usage stats. <em>Note: usage stats are useful for future funding for Jalview!</em></td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑webservicediscovery / ‑‑nowebservicediscovery</code></td>
- <td>Attempt (or don't attempt) to connect to JABAWS web services.</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑props <em>filename</em></code></td>
- <td>Use file <em>filename</em> as the preferences file <em>instead</em> of the usual <code>~/.jalview_properties</code> file.</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑debug</code></td>
- <td>Start Jalview in debug log level.</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑quiet</code></td>
- <td>Stop all output to STDOUT (after the Java Virtual Machine has started). Use <code>‑‑quiet</code> a second time to stop all output to STDERR.</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑initsubstitutions / ‑‑noinitsubstitutions</code></td>
- <td>Set <code>‑‑substitutions</code> to be initially enabled (or initially disabled).</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑jvmmempc=<em>PERCENT</em></code></td>
- <td>
- <em>Only available with standalone executable jar or jalview.bin.Launcher.</em>
- <br/>
- Limit maximum heap size (memory) to PERCENT% of total physical memory detected.
- This defaults to 90 if total physical memory can be detected.
- <br/>
- The equals sign ("=") separator must be used with no spaces.
- <br/>
- See <a href="../memory.html">Memory usage settings for Jalview</a> for more details.
- </td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑jvmmemmax=<em>MAXMEMORY</em></code></td>
- <td>
- <em>Only available with standalone executable jar or jalview.bin.Launcher.</em>
- <br/>
- Limit maximum heap size (memory) to MAXMEMORY. MAXMEMORY can be specified in bytes, kilobytes(k), megabytes(m),
- gigabytes(g) or if you're lucky enough, terabytes(t).
- This defaults to 32g if total physical memory can be detected, or to 8g if total physical memory cannot be detected.
- <br/>
- The equals sign ("=") separator must be used with no spaces.
- <br/>
- See <a href="../memory.html">Memory usage settings for Jalview</a> for more details.
- </td>
- </tr>
-
- </table>
-
-
- <h2>Opening an alignment</h2>
-
- <table border="1" cellpadding="3">
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><strong>argument</strong></td>
- <td><strong>action</strong></td>
- <td><strong>sub-value modifiers</strong> (optional)</td>
- <td><strong>linked</strong> (optional)</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑open <em>filename/URL ...</em></code></td>
- <td>
- Opens one or more alignment files <em>filename</em> or URLs <em>URL</em> in new alignment windows.
- </td>
- <td>
- <code>
- colour=<em>name</em>,
- <br/>
- title=<em>string</em>,
- <br/>
- features=<em>filename</em>,
- <br/>
- annotations=<em>filename</em>,
- <br/>
- tree=<em>filename</em>,
- <br/>
- showannotations,
- <br/>
- showssannotations,
- <br/>
- sortbytree,
- <br/>
- wrap
- </code>
- </td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑append <em>filename/URL ...</em></code></td>
- <td>Appends one or more alignment files <em>filename</em> or URLs <em>URL</em> to the open alignment window (or opens a new alignment if none already open).</td>
- <td>
- <code>
- colour=<em>name</em>,
- <br/>
- title=<em>string</em>,
- <br/>
- features=<em>filename</em>,
- <br/>
- annotations=<em>filename</em>,
- <br/>
- tree=<em>filename</em>,
- <br/>
- showannotations,
- <br/>
- showssannotations,
- <br/>
- sortbytree,
- <br/>
- wrap
- </code>
- </td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑title <em>"string""</em></code></td>
- <td>Specifies the title for the open alignment window as <em>string</em>.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑colour <em>name</em></code></td>
- <td>Applies the colour scheme <em>name</em> to the open alignment window. Valid values for <em>name</em> are:
- <br/>
- <code>clustal</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>blosum62</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>pc-identity</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>zappo</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>taylor</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>gecos-flower</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>gecos-blossom</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>gecos-sunset</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>gecos-ocean</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>hydrophobic</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>helix-propensity</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>strand-propensity</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>turn-propensity</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>buried-index</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>nucleotide</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>nucleotide-ambiguity</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>purine-pyrimidine</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>rna-helices</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>t-coffee-scores</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>sequence-id</code>.
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑features <em>filename/URL</em></code></td>
- <td>Add a feature file <em>filename</em> or URL <em>URL</em> to the open alignment.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
-
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑tree <em>filename/URL</em></code></td>
- <td>Add a tree file <em>filename</em> or URL <em>URL</em> to the open alignment.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑sortbytree / ‑‑nosortbytree</code></td>
- <td>Enforces sorting (or not sorting) the alignment in the order of an attached phylogenetic tree.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑annotations <em>filename/URL</em></code></td>
- <td>Add an annotations file <em>filename</em> or URL <em>URL</em> to the open alignment.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑showannotations / ‑‑noshowannotations</code></td>
- <td>Enforces showing (or not showing) alignment annotations.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑wrap / ‑‑nowrap</code></td>
- <td>Enforces wrapped (or not wrapped) alignment formatting.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑nostructure</code></td>
- <td>Do not open or process any 3D structure in the <code>‑‑open</code> or <code>‑‑append</code> files.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
- </table>
-
-
- <h2>Adding a 3D structure</h2>
-
- <table border="1" cellpadding="3">
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><strong>argument</strong></td>
- <td><strong>action</strong></td>
- <td><strong>sub-value modifiers</strong> (optional)</td>
- <td><strong>linked</strong> (optional)</td>
- </tr>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑structure <em>filename/URL</em></code></td>
- <td>Load a structure file <em>filename</em> or URL <em>URL</em> associated with a sequence in the open alignment. The sequence to be associated with can be specified with a following <code>‑‑seqid</code> argument, or the sub-value modifier <code>seqid=<em>ID</em></code> can be used. A sub-value <em>INDEX</em> can also be used to specify the <em>INDEX-th</em> sequence in the open alignment.</td>
- <td>
- <code>
- seqid=<em>id</em></code> or <code><em>INDEX</em>,
- <br/>
- paefile=<em>filename</em>,
- <br/>
- tempfac=<em>name</em>,
- <br/>
- showssannotations,
- <!--
- <br/>
- notempfac,
- -->
- <br/>
- structureviewer=<em>name</em>
- </code></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑seqid <em>ID</em></code></td>
- <td>Specify the sequence name for the preceding <code>‑‑structure</code> to be associated with.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑paematrix <em>filename</em></code></td>
- <td>Add a PAE json matrix file <em>filename</em> to the preceding <code>‑‑structure</code>.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑tempfac <em>name</em></code></td>
- <td>Set the type of temperature factor. Valid values for <em>name</em> are:
- <br/>
- <code>default</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>plddt</code>
- </td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑structureviewer <em>name</em></code></td>
- <td>Set the structure viewer to use to open the 3d structure file specified in previous <code>‑‑structure</code> to <em>name</em>. Valid values of <em>name</em> are:
- <br/>
- <code>none</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>jmol</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>chimera</code> <em>- requires installation, might need configuring in Preferences</em>,
- <br/>
- <code>chimerax</code> <em>- requires installation, might need configuring in Preferences</em>,
- <br/>
- <code>pymol</code> <em>- requires installation, might need configuring in Preferences</em>
- </td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
-
- <!--
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑notempfac</code></td>
- <td>Do not show the temperature factor annotation for the preceding <code>‑‑structure</code></td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
- -->
-
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑showssannotations / ‑‑noshowssannotations</code></td>
- <td>Do not show secondary structure annotations for the preceding <code>‑‑structure</code></td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
- </table>
-
-
- <h2>Outputting files</h2>
-
- <table border="1" cellpadding="3">
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><strong>argument</strong></td>
- <td><strong>action</strong></td>
- <td><strong>sub-value modifiers</strong> (optional)</td>
- <td><strong>linked</strong> (optional)</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑output <em>filename</em></code></td>
- <td>Export the open alignment to file <em>filename</em>. The format <em>name</em> is specified by the sub-value modifier <code>format=<em>name</em></code>, a following <code>‑‑format <em>name</em></code> argument or guessed from the file extension. Valid format names (and file extensions) are:
- <br/>
- <code>fasta</code> (<code>fa, fasta, mfa, fastq</code>),
- <br/>
- <code>pfam</code> (<code>pfam</code>),
- <br/>
- <code>stockholm</code> (<code>sto, stk</code>),
- <br/>
- <code>pir</code> (<code>pir</code>),
- <br/>
- <code>blc</code> (<code>blc</code>),
- <br/>
- <code>amsa</code> (<code>amsa</code>),
- <br/>
- <code>json</code> (<code>json</code>),
- <br/>
- <code>pileup</code> (<code>pileup</code>),
- <br/>
- <code>msf</code> (<code>msf</code>),
- <br/>
- <code>clustal</code> (<code>aln</code>),
- <br/>
- <code>phylip</code> (<code>phy</code>),
- <br/>
- <code>jalview</code> (<code>jvp, jar</code>).
- </td>
- <td><code>format=<em>name</em></code></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑format <em>name</em></code></td>
- <td>Sets the format for the preceding <code>‑‑output</code> file. Valid formats are:
- <br/>
- <code>fasta</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>pfam</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>stockholm</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>pir</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>blc</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>amsa</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>json</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>pileup</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>msf</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>clustal</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>phylip</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>jalview</code>.
- </td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
-
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑image <em>filename</em></code></td>
- <td>Output an image of the open alignment window. Format is specified by the sub-value modifier, a following <code>‑‑type</code> argument or guessed from the file extension. Valid formats/extensions are:
- <br/>
- <code>svg</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>png</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>eps</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>html</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>biojs</code>.
- </td>
- <td>
- <code>type=<em>name</em>,
- <code>textrenderer=<em>name</em>,
- <code>scale=<em>number</em>,
- <code>width=<em>number</em>,
- <code>height=<em>number</em>
- </td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
+ <hr/>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑type <em>name</em></code></td>
- <td>Set the image format for the preceding <code>‑‑image</code> to <em>name</em>. Valid values for <em>name</em> are:
- <br/>
- <code>svg</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>png</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>eps</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>html</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>biojs</code>.
- </td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#syntax">Syntax</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#headlessmode">Headless mode</a></li>
+ </ul>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑textrenderer <em>name</em></code></td>
- <td>Sets whether text in a vector image format (SVG, HTML, EPS) should be rendered as text or vector line-art. Valid values for <em>name</em> are:
- <br/>
- <code>text</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>lineart</code>.
- </td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
+ <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑scale <em>number</em></code></td>
- <td>Sets a scaling for bitmap image format (PNG). Should be given as a floating point number. This can also be set as a sub-value modifier to the <code>--image</code> value. If used in conjunction with <code>--width</code> and <code>--height</code> then the smallest scaling will be used (<code>scale</code>, <code>width</code> and <code>height</code> provide bounds for the image).</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
+ <p>
+ From version 2.11.3.0 Jalview has a new set of command line arguments
+ which allow more powerful and flexible combinations of arguments, though can
+ also be used for simple use cases too.
+ </p>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑width <em>number</em></code></td>
- <td>Sets a width for bitmap image format (PNG) with the height maintaining the aspect ratio. Should be given as a positive integer. This can also be set as a sub-value modifier to the <code>--image</code> value. If used in conjunction with <code>--scale</code> and <code>--height</code> then the smallest scaling will be used (<code>scale</code>, <code>width</code> and <code>height</code> provide bounds for the image).</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
+ <p>
+ These new arguments are all accessed with a <code>‑‑doubledash</code> form of
+ command line argument (with the one exception where simply opening one or more
+ files can be performed without any arguments other than the filenames).
+ </p>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑height <em>number</em></code></td>
- <td>Sets a height for bitmap image format (PNG) with the width maintaining the aspect ratio. Should be given as a positive integer. This can also be set as a sub-value modifier to the <code>--image</code> value. If used in conjunction with <code>--scale</code> and <code>--width</code> then the smallest scaling will be used (<code>scale</code>, <code>width</code> and <code>height</code> provide bounds for the image).</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
+ <p>
+ The old command line arguments can still be used (see
+ <a href="clarguments-old.html">the old page on command line arguments</a>) so
+ existing scripts utilising them should not break.
+ <br/>
+ <strong>These are now deprecated and will be removed</strong> in a future version of Jalview.
+ </p>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑groovy <em>filename</em></code></td>
- <td>Process a groovy script in the file for the open alignment.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
+ <p>
+ However, you cannot mix old and new style arguments, so if you use any
+ <code>-singledash</code> arguments (with the exception of <code>-help</code> or <code>-h</code>), they will all be interpreted as
+ old style arguments with the new <code>‑‑doubledash</code>
+ arguments being ignored. If you have a script
+ that uses the old arguments without any dashes, and uses the bare-word
+ <code>open</code> then these will also be interpreted as old style arguments.
+ </p>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑backups / ‑‑nobackups</code></td>
- <td>Enable (or disable) writing backup files when saving an <code>‑‑output</code> file. This applies to the current open alignment -- to apply to all <code>‑‑output</code> and <code>‑‑image</code> files, use after <code>‑‑all</code>.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
+ <p>
+ <strong>Warning!</strong> If you use command line arguments without any dashes and
+ <em>don't</em> use the bare-word argument <code>open</code> then all
+ your arguments will be interpreted as alignment files to be opened by the
+ new command line argument process!
+ </p>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑overwrite / ‑‑nooverwrite</code></td>
- <td>Enable (or disable) overwriting of output files without backups enabled. This applies to the current open alignment -- to apply to all <code>‑‑output</code> and <code>‑‑image</code> files, use after <code>‑‑all</code>.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
+ <p>
+ To launch Jalview from the command line, see
+ <a href="commandline.html">running Jalview from the command line</a>.
+ </p>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑close</code></td>
- <td>Close the current open alignment window. This occurs after other output arguments. This applies to the current open alignment -- to apply to all <code>‑‑output</code> and <code>‑‑image</code> files, use after <code>‑‑all</code>.</td>
- <td></td>
- <td align="center">✓</td>
- </tr>
- </table>
+ <h2><a name="syntax"></a>Syntax</h2>
+ <p>
+ The new command line argument parser can group certain labelled arguments together, or give them a default label based on their position in the list of arguments (in which case you won't ever need to know what the label is). All arguments are read before any alignment actions are performed. For basic usage without additional syntax, please see the <a href="clarguments-basic.html">Command Line: basic usage</a> explanatory page.
+ </p>
- <h2>Controlling flow of arguments</h2>
+ <h3>
+ Parts of Jalview's command line arguments
+ </h3>
+ <pre>jalview --argname[linkedId]=[subvalues]value --switch --noswitch --argname[linkedId] [subvalues]filename1 filename2 ...</pre>
- <table border="1" cellpadding="3">
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><strong>argument</strong></td>
- <td><strong>action</strong></td>
- </tr>
+ <p>
+ Different arguments can take one or more values, others take no value and act like a switch (some can be set on and off and others are only on, depending on the use).
+ <br/>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ For arguments that require a value, the value can be given after an equals-sign ('=') or a space (' ').
+ <br/>
+ <code>‑‑arg value</code>
+ <br/>
+ <code>‑‑arg=value</code>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ For arguments that can take multiple values (these will be filenames), the multiple filenames should appear after a space. If you use a filename wildcard you can put this after a space (which will be expanded by the shell unto multiple filenames before they reach Jalview), or you can put it after an equals-sign, which will be used by Jalview to find a list of files. You cannot use an equals-sign and value followed by further values.
+ <br/>
+ <code>‑‑arg file1.fa otherfile.stk</code>
+ <br/>
+ <code>‑‑arg filename*.fa</code> <em>(filenames expanded by shell)</em>
+ <br/>
+ <code>‑‑arg=filename*.fa</code> <em>(filenames expanded by Jalview)</em>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ For arguments that act as a switch, most can be negated by preceding the argument name with <code>no</code>.
+ <br/>
+ <code>‑‑switch</code>
+ <br/>
+ <code>‑‑noswitch</code>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Some values can be modified, or may need additional information (for instance an <code>‑‑image</code> output can be modified with a <code>‑‑scale=number</code> factor, or a <code>‑‑structure</code> can refer to a sequence with a <code>‑‑seqid=ID</code>). This additional information can be added in a number of different ways.
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ An argument immediately following the main argument.
+ <br/>
+ <code>‑‑image output.png --scale 2.5</code>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ A <em>sub-value modifier</em>, which is where one or more (comma-separated) values are added to the start of the main value, placed in square brackets.
+ <br/>
+ <code>‑‑open=[nowrap,colour=gecos-blossom]uniref50.fa</code>
+ <br/>
+ Sub-value modifiers with a value must use an equals-sign separator, and those that act as a switch can simply be included without an equals-sign or value, and can be preceded with <code>no</code> to negate the value, as with the argument name.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Another argument with the same <em>linked ID</em>. A linked ID is an optional identifier for a particular open alignment, placed in square brackets immediately following the argument name (before the equals-sign or space). If linked IDs are specified they do not need to be near to each other.
+ <br/>
+ <code>‑‑image[MYID]=output.png --other --args --scale[MYID]=2.5</code>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ An argument that is designated as applying to <em>all linked IDs</em>
+ <br/>
+ <code>‑‑image=output.png --other --args --all --scale=2.5</code>
+ <br/>
+ <code>‑‑image=output.png --other --args --scale[*]=2.5</code>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </p>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑new</code></td>
- <td>
- Move on to a new alignment window. This will ensure <code>‑‑append</code> will start a new alignment window and other linked arguments will apply to the new alignment window.
- <br/>
- <em>Note</em> that <code>--open</code> already starts a new alignment window for each file it opens.
- </td>
- </tr>
+ <p>
+ This may sound complicated, but nearly everything can be done just with plain command line arguments (see <a href="clarguments-basic.html">Command Line: basic usage</a>), though in this case the ordering of the arguments is more important.
+ </p>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑substitutions / ‑‑nosubstitutions</code></td>
- <td>The following argument values allow (or don't allow) subsituting filename parts. This is initially true. Valid substitutions are
- <code>{basename}</code> - the filename-without-extension of the currently <code>‑‑open</code>ed file (or first <code>‑‑append</code>ed file),
- <br/>
- <code>{dirname}</code>, - the directory (folder) name of the currently <code>‑‑open</code>ed file (or first <code>‑‑append</code>ed file),
- <br/>
- <code>{argfilebasename}</code> - the filename-without-extension of the current <code>‑‑argfile</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>{argfiledirname}</code> - the directory (folder) name of the current <code>‑‑argfile</code>,
- <br/>
- <code>{n}</code> - the value of the index counter (starting at 0).
- <br/>
- <code>{++n}</code> - increase and substitute the value of the index counter,
- <br/>
- <code>{}</code> - the value of the current alignment window <em>default</em> index.
- </td>
- </tr>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑argfile <em>filename</em></code></td>
- <td>
- Open one or more files <em>filename</em> and read, line-by-line, as arguments to Jalview.
- <br/>
- Values in an argfile should be given with an equals sign ("=") separator with no spaces.
- <br/>
- <strong>Note</strong> that if you use one or more <code>‑‑argfile</code> arguments then all other non-initialising arguments will be ignored.
- </td>
- </tr>
+ <h2><a name="headlessmode"></a>Headless mode</h2>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑npp</code></td>
- <td>Increase the index counter used in argument value substitutions.</td>
- </tr>
+ <p>
+ Jalview can be run in headless mode, i.e. without the usual graphical user interface (GUI), by specifying the <code>‑‑headless</code> argument. With command line arguments you can specify operations for Jalview to perform on one or more files and then stop running. Most likely you will want to output another file, either an alignment for image file.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <strong>If you specify an argument for an output file</strong> (one or more of <code>‑‑output</code>, <code>‑‑image</code> or <code>‑‑structureimage</code>) then it will be assumed that you wish to <strong>run in headless mode</strong>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ You can force Jalview to run in graphical mode using the <code>‑‑gui</code> argument.
+ </p>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑all / ‑‑noall</code></td>
- <td>Apply (or stop applying) the following output arguments to <em>all</em> sets of linked arguments.</td>
- </tr>
+ <p>
+ </p>
- <tr valign="top">
- <td><code>‑‑quit</code></td>
- <td>After all files have been opened, appended and output, quit Jalview. In <code>‑‑headless</code> mode this already happens.</td>
- </tr>
- </table>
+ <hr/>
+ Continue to <a href="clarguments-basic.html">Command Line: basic usage</a>.
+ <br/>
+ <a href="clarguments-reference.html">Command Line: reference</a>
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