**fScan Reference Manual, Chapter 1 (Topics): CmdLine**
===== CmdLine -- fScan command line =====

**usage: fscan [MODE] [infiles] [options]**

Most arguments in the fScan command line are processed in order, left to right. Exceptions are [[jvs:fscan:manual:chapter2:verbose|-verbose]] and [[jvs:fscan:manual:chapter2:display|-display]], which can appear anywhere on the line.

MODE refers to global parameters that control how fScan is being used. MODE arguments can be:
  gui                    ; local interactive
  server                 ; host server -- waits for clients to connect
  client                 ; remote interactive -- connects to host server
  daemon                 ; like server, run as daemon process
  help

Default mode is GUI if no arguments or if -D option is specified; otherwise mode is CMDLINE.

Multiple INFILE's can be specified as inputs; INFILES are identified by
the "-i" flag, but this flag is optional if the filename appears
before any other option (i.e., is preceded only by MODE or other
INFILEs -- no flags starting with a '-').

Each INFILE can be followed by multiple "-h", "-D", or "-s" options to
modify header values or select subsets of the data. (Remember an INFILE
that appears after any "-" options must be identified by a "-i" flag.)

Arguments are processed in 3 phases:

  * 1st pass: MODE, -options, -display, -verbose
  * 2nd pass: INFILES, -input, -header, -s, -wait, -join
  * 3rd pass: other options

**See Also:**\\


[[jvs:fscan|fScan Home]], 
[[jvs:fscan:manual|fScan Manual]], 
[[jvs:fscan:manual:chapter1|Topics]], 
[[jvs:fscan:manual:help|Manual Help]]