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Command line
How to use command line options or e2se-cli command line interface.
Command line options
The software runs from the command line also, optionally with a file name or option.
Note: Command line options are available since software version 1.2
Open a terminal and launch the software – from its current location – eg. cd e2-sat-editor-directory, followed by a [FILE]name or [OPTION].
Windows PowerShell .\e2-sat-editor.exe [FILE] [OPTION]
Windows CMD e2-sat-editor.exe [FILE] [OPTION]
macOS ./e2\ SAT\ Editor.app/Contents/MacOS/e2\ SAT\ Editor [FILE] [OPTION]
Linux (AppImage) ./e2-sat-editor-VERSION-x86_64-linux.AppImage [FILE] [OPTION]
Linux (Snap) snap run e2-sat-editor -- [FILE] [OPTION]
Linux (Flatpak) flatpak run io.github.ctlcltd.e2se -- [FILE] [OPTION]
Other shell ./e2-sat-editor [FILE] [OPTION]
Open a file
To open a file from command line.
[FILE] eg. e2-sat-editor [FILE]
Show software version
To show the software version from command line.
--version eg. e2-sat-editor --version
Debugging option
To turn on software logs and show debug informations.
--debug eg. e2-sat-editor --debug
Another way to show debug info using enviroment variable DEBUG.
Windows PowerShell eg. $env:QT_WIN_DEBUG_CONSOLE="new"; $env:DEBUG=1; .\e2-sat-editor.exe [FILE] [OPTION]
macOS eg. DEBUG=1 ./e2\ SAT\ Editor.app/Contents/MacOS/e2\ SAT\ Editor [FILE] [OPTION]
Linux (AppImage) eg. DEBUG=1 ./e2-sat-editor-VERSION-x86_64-linux.AppImage [FILE] [OPTION]
Other shell eg. DEBUG=1 ./e2-sat-editor [FILE] [OPTION]
Command line interface [e2se-cli]
Command line interface is provided by e2se-cli application binary.
It offers an interactive shell with almost the same features of the software GUI counterpart.
Note: e2se-cli is not ultimated yet
Open a terminal and launch the software – from its current location – eg. cd e2-sat-editor-directory/cli, optionally followed by [OPTION].
Windows PowerShell .\e2se-cli.exe [OPTION]
Windows CMD e2se-cli.exe [OPTION]
macOS ./e2se-cli [OPTION]
Linux (AppImage) ./e2se-cli-VERSION-x86_64-linux.AppImage [OPTION]
Other shell ./e2se-cli [OPTION]
Typical usage
To open interactive shell.
eg. e2se-cli
Show help
To show usage help.
-h --help eg. e2se-cli --help
From interactive shell, type help
Show software version
To show the software version from command line.
-v --version eg. e2se-cli --version
From interactive shell, type version