A.2 Command Line Arguments
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## A.2 Command Line Arguments

The following table lists the command line arguments currently available.

Table A.2: Phing Command Line Arguments

Parameter | Meaning
--- | ---
`-h -help` | Display the help screen
`-v -version` | Print version information and exit
`-l -list` | List all available targets in buildfile (excluding targets that have their `hidden` attribute set to `true`)
`-q -quiet` | Quiet operation, no output at all
`-verbose` | Verbose, give some more output
`-debu`g | Output debug information
`-logfile <file>` | Use given file for log
`-D<property>=<value>` | Set the property to the specified value to be used in the buildfile
`-find <file>` |
`-buildfile <file>` | Specify an alternate buildfile name. Default is build.xml
`-logger path.to.Logger` | Specify an alternate logger. Default is phing.listener.AnsiColorLogger. Other options include phing.listener.NoBannerLogger, phing.listener.DefaultLogger, phing.listener.XmlLogger, phing.listener.TargetLogger and phing.listener.HtmlColorLogger.
`-propertyfile <file>` | Load properties from the specified file

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