Appendix C: Command Line Options
Picard can be started from the command line with the following arguments:
run_picard.py [-h] [-a AUDIT] [-c CONFIG_FILE] [-d] [-e COMMAND [COMMAND ...]] [-M] [-N] [-P] [--no-crash-dialog] [-s] [-v] [-V] [FILE_OR_URL ...]
where the options are:
- -h, --help
show a help message and exit
- -a AUDIT, --audit AUDIT
audit events passed as a comma-separated list, prefixes supported, use “all” to match any event. See the Python Documentation for more information.
- -c CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE
location of the configuration file to use
- -d, --debug
enable debug-level logging
- -e COMMAND, --exec COMMAND
execute one or more COMMANDs at start-up (see Executable Commands for more information)
- -M, --no-player
disable built-in media player
- -N, --no-restore
do not restore window positions or sizes
- -P, --no-plugins
do not load any plugins
- --no-crash-dialog
disable the crash dialog
- -s, --stand-alone-instance
force Picard to create a new, stand-alone instance
- -v, --version
display the version information and exit
- -V, --long-version
display the long version information and exit
- FILE_OR_URL
one or more files, directories, URLs and MBIDs to load
Note
Files and directories are specified including the path (either absolute or relative) to the file or directory, and may include drive specifiers. They can also be specified using the
file://
prefix. URLs are specified by using either thehttp://
orhttps://
prefix. MBIDs are specified in the formatmbid://<entity_type>/<mbid>
where<entity_type>
is one of “release”, “artist” or “track” and<mbid>
is the MusicBrainz Identifier of the entity.If a specified item contains a space, it must be enclosed in quotes such as
"/home/user/music/my song.mp3"
.