# Command-line Options

The following is a complete list of command-line switches available when launching julia:

Switch | Description
--- | ---
`-v`, `--version` | Display version information
`-h`, `--help` | Print command-line options (this message).
`--project[={<dir>|@.}]` | Set <dir> as the home project/environment. The default @. option will search through parent directories until a Project.toml or JuliaProject.toml file is found.
`-J`, `--sysimage <file>` | Start up with the given system image file
`-H`, `--home <dir>` | Set location of `julia` executable
`--startup-file={yes|no}` | Load `~/.julia/config/startup.jl`
`--handle-signals={yes|no}` | Enable or disable Julia's default signal handlers
`--sysimage-native-code={yes|no}` | Use native code from system image if available
`--compiled-modules={yes|no}` | Enable or disable incremental precompilation of modules
`-e`, `--eval <expr>` | Evaluate `<expr>`
`-E`, `--print <expr>` | Evaluate `<expr>` and display the result
`-L`, `--load <file>` | Load `<file>` immediately on all processors
`-t`, `--threads {N|auto`} | Enable N threads; `auto` currently sets N to the number of local CPU threads but this might change in the future
`-p`, `--procs {N|auto`} | Integer value N launches N additional local worker processes; `auto` launches as many workers as the number of local CPU threads (logical cores)
`--machine-file <file>` | Run processes on hosts listed in `<file>`
`-i` | Interactive mode; REPL runs and `isinteractive()` is true
`-q`, `--quiet` | Quiet startup: no banner, suppress REPL warnings
`--banner={yes|no|auto}` | Enable or disable startup banner
`--color={yes|no|auto}` | Enable or disable color text
`--history-file={yes|no}` | Load or save history
`--depwarn={yes|no|error}` | Enable or disable syntax and method deprecation warnings (`error` turns warnings into errors)
`--warn-overwrite={yes|no}` | Enable or disable method overwrite warnings
`-C`, `--cpu-target <target>` | Limit usage of CPU features up to `<target>`; set to `help` to see the available options
`-O`, `--optimize={0,1,2,3}` | Set the optimization level (default level is 2 if unspecified or 3 if used without a level)
`-g`, `-g <level>` | Enable / Set the level of debug info generation (default level is 1 if unspecified or 2 if used without a level)
`--inline={yes|no}` | Control whether inlining is permitted, including overriding `@inline` declarations
`--check-bounds={yes|no|auto}` | Emit bounds checks always, never, or respect @inbounds declarations
`--math-mode={ieee,fast}` | Disallow or enable unsafe floating point optimizations (overrides @fastmath declaration)
`--code-coverage={none|user|all}` | Count executions of source lines
`--code-coverage` | equivalent to `--code-coverage=user`
`--track-allocation={none|user|all}` | Count bytes allocated by each source line
`--track-allocation` | equivalent to `--track-allocation=user`

Julia 1.1

In Julia 1.0, the default `--project=@.` option did not search up from the root directory of a Git repository for the `Project.toml` file. From Julia 1.1 forward, it does.

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