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</p><divclass="table"><aname="id2746904"></a><pclass="title"><b>Table3.1.Command line Options</b></p><divclass="table-contents"><tablesummary="Command line Options"cellspacing="0"cellpadding="4"border="1"><colgroup><col><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Short option</th><th>Long option</th><th>Function</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>-c dir_name</td><td>--config=directory_name</td><td>Use an alternate configuration directory. Default
configuration directory is <codeclass="filename">~/.geany/</code>
and there resides <codeclass="filename">geany.conf</code> and
other configuration files.
</td></tr><tr><td>-d</td><td>--debug</td><td>Run <spanclass="application">Geany</span> in debug mode, which
means being verbose and printing lots of information.
</td></tr><tr><td>-i</td><td>--new-instance</td><td>Do not open files in a running instance, force opening a
new instance. Only available if <spanclass="application">Geany</span>
was compiled with support for Sockets.
</td></tr><tr><td>-l</td><td>--line</td><td>Set initial line number for the first opened file.
<spanclass="application">Geany</span> was compiled with support for VTE.
</td></tr><tr><td>-v</td><td>--version</td><td>Show version information and exit.</td></tr><tr><td>-?</td><td>--help</td><td>Show help information and exit.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>[files ...]</td><td>Open all given files at startup. This option causes
<spanclass="application">Geany</span> to ignore loading stored