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 -verbose and -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
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