Command line parameters - Revision history

Nadja pollard idera: /* Launching a find */

2026-05-20T20:24:35Z

‎Launching a find

Nadja pollard idera: /* Launching a script */

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‎Launching a script

Nadja pollard idera: /* Launching a macro */

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‎Launching a macro

Nadja pollard idera: /* Specifying a custom INI file */

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‎Specifying a custom INI file

Nadja pollard idera: /* Opening projects */

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‎Opening projects

Nadja pollard idera: /* Opening to specific line / column number */

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‎Opening to specific line / column number

Nadja pollard idera: /* Specifying new / original instance */

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‎Specifying new / original instance

Nadja pollard idera: /* Printing files */

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‎Printing files

Nadja pollard idera: /* Opening to specific line / column number */

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‎Opening to specific line / column number

Nadja pollard idera: /* Avoiding "reload file" prompt for files already open */

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‎Avoiding "reload file" prompt for files already open

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 ==Launching a find==
-You can launch an automatic find on open from the command line by using the '''-f''' flag, immediately followed by the search string. This must be the '''last''' parameter on the command line in order to work. For added flexibility this parameter will use the settings specified for the last Find executed from within UltraEdit in regards to the "Match case," "Regular expressions," and other settings. Example:
+You can launch an automatic find on open from the command line by using the '''-f''' flag, immediately followed by the search string. This must be the '''last''' parameter on the command line in order to work. For added flexibility, this parameter uses the settings specified for the last '''Find''' executed from within UltraEdit in regards to the "Match case," "Regular expressions," and other settings. For example:
 <code class="cmd">uedit64 C:\temp\file.txt -fdog</code>
-This would open "file.txt" and search for and select the first occurrence of the string "dog" in the file.
+This command opens "file.txt", and then searches for and selects the first occurrence of the string "dog" in the file.
 ==Compute hash / checksum==

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 ==Launching a script==
-You can run a script in UltraEdit / UEStudio from the command line by using the '''/s''' flag. The full path to the script (.js) file '''must''' be specified in quotation marks. For example:
+You can run a script in UltraEdit / UEStudio from the command line by using the '''/s''' flag. You must specify the full path to the script (.js) file in quotation marks. For example:
 <code class="cmd">uedit64 C:\temp\file.txt /s,e="C:\Users\bschwenk\Documents\UltraEdit Scripts\cleanFile.js"</code>
 In the above example:
-* the file name "C:\temp\file.txt" is the file on which the script will be run.
+* the file name "C:\temp\file.txt" is the file on which the script runs.
-* the '''e''' in the above example is an optional parameter that forces the application to close when the script has completed.
+* the '''e''' in the above example is an optional parameter that forces the application to close when the script is complete.
 ==Launching a find==

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 In the above example:
-* the file name "C:\temp\file.txt" is the file on which the macro will be run.
+* the file name "C:\temp\file.txt" is the file on which the macro run.
-* the '''e''' in the above example is an optional parameter that forces the application to close when the macro has completed.
+* the '''e''' in the above example is an optional parameter that forces the application to close when the macro completes.
-* the '''5''' in the above example is an optional parameter that specifies the number of times the macro will run. If a file is specified on the command line but this isn't present, the macro will run once. If a file is '''not''' specified on the command line, the macro will '''not''' run unless the number of times is specified.
+* the '''5''' in the above example is an optional parameter that specifies the number of times the macro runs. If a file is specified on the command line but this isn't present, the macro runs only once. If a file is not specified on the command line, the macro does not run unless the number of times is specified.
-* the '''/cleanFile''' in the above example is the name of the macro within the "UltraEdit Macros.mac" file that application will run. If a macro name isn't specified here, the first macro in the file will be used.
+* the '''/cleanFile''' in the above example is the name of the macro within the "UltraEdit Macros.mac" file that application runs. If a macro name isn't specified here, the first macro in the file is used.
 ==Launching a script==

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 ==Specifying a custom INI file==
-You can force UltraEdit / UEStudio to use a custom [[INI file]] so that the application can be launched with a different set of settings from your defaults by using the '''/i''' flag. Example:
+You can force UltraEdit / UEStudio to use a custom [[INI file]] so you can launch the application with a different set of settings from your defaults by using the '''/i''' flag. For example:
 <code class="cmd">uedit64 /i="C:\Path\To Custom\uedit64.ini"</code>

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 ==Opening projects==
-You can open a project in UltraEdit / UEStudio via the command line by using the same syntax for opening files. Project files (.prj), when opened in either UltraEdit or UEStudio, are automatically recognized and opened as projects rather than the files being opened themselves. Example:
+You can open a project in UltraEdit / UEStudio via the command line by using the same syntax for opening files. Project files (.prj), when opened in either UltraEdit or UEStudio, are automatically recognized and opened as projects rather than the files being opened themselves. For example:
 <code class="cmd">uedit64 d:\projects\juce.prj</code>

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 where the comma (,) may be any character except a colon (:). Keep in mind that UltraEdit cannot open a file containing any special character you set for this.
-You can also use '''-l''x''''' and / or '''-c''x''''' following the file name(s), where '''''x''''' is the line or column number. You can specify this individually after each file name.  Separate this method from the file name with a space, and if the file name is in quotes, inclue a space after the quotes before adding this code. Example:
+You can also use '''-l''x''''' and / or '''-c''x''''' following the file name(s), where '''''x''''' is the line or column number. You can specify this individually after each file name.  Separate this method from the file name with a space, and if the file name is in quotes, include a space after the quotes before adding this code. For example:
 <code class="cmd">uedit64 file1.txt file2.txt -l10 -c25 "some file with spaces.txt" -l256 -c3</code>

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 ==Specifying new / original instance==
-Use the following flags '''before''' the file path(s) to specify whether a new instance should be launched for opening the files, or to use the original instance (regardless of the "Allow multiple instances" setting in [[Settings:Application layout:Miscellaneous|Settings &raquo; Application layout &raquo; Miscellaneous]]:
+Use the following flags '''before''' the file path(s) to specify whether you want to launch a new instance for opening the files, or to use the original instance regardless of the '''Allow multiple instances''' setting in [[Settings:Application layout:Miscellaneous|Settings &raquo; Application layout &raquo; Miscellaneous]]:
-* '''/foi''' forces UltraEdit / UEStudio to use the original (already running) instance
+* '''/foi''' forces UltraEdit / UEStudio to use the original (already running) instance.
-* '''/fni''' forces UltraEdit / UEStudio to open the file(s) specified on the command line in a new instance
+* '''/fni''' forces UltraEdit / UEStudio to open the file(s) specified on the command line in a new instance.
-Example:
+For example:
 <code class="cmd">uedit64 /fni file1.txt file2.txt</code>

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 ==Printing files==
-To print files, add '''/p''' to the command line. UltraEdit / UEStudio will automatically print all files opened and then exit after the print job is sent to the default printer.
+To print files, add '''/p''' to the command line. UltraEdit / UEStudio automatically prints all files opened, and then exits after sending the print job to the default printer.
 ==Specifying new / original instance==

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 ===Opening to specific line / column number===
-You can specify the line and column number at which to position the caret when the file is opened. To do this, the line number and column number should follow the file name immediately separated from the file name by a '''/''' character. For example:
+You can specify the line and column number at which to position the caret when the file is opened. To do this, the line number and column number must follow the file name, immediately separated from the file name by a '''/''' character. For example:
 <code class="cmd">uedit64 d:\projects\juce\juce.h/5/2</code>
-The above opens the file "juce.h" with the caret positioned at line 5, column 2. You can specify the line number only if you'd like; in this case, the caret will be positioned at column 1 of the line number.
+The above example opens the file "juce.h" with the caret positioned at line 5, column 2. You can specify the line number only if you'd like; in this case, the caret is positioned at column 1 of the line number.
-If you wish to use a different character for the line / column separator, you can add the following line to the INI file:
+If you want to use a different character for the line / column separator, add the following line to the INI file:
 <code>LineColumnChar=,</code>
-where the comma (,) may be any character except a colon (:). Keep in mind that UltraEdit will not be able to open a file that contains any special character you set for this.
+where the comma (,) may be any character except a colon (:). Keep in mind that UltraEdit cannot open a file containing any special character you set for this.
-You can also use '''-l''x''''' and / or '''-c''x''''' following the file name(s), where '''''x''''' is the line or column number. You can specify this individually after each file name.  This method should be separated from the file name with a space, and if the file name is in quotes, it should be after the quotes with a space between this and the quotes. Example:
+You can also use '''-l''x''''' and / or '''-c''x''''' following the file name(s), where '''''x''''' is the line or column number. You can specify this individually after each file name.  Separate this method from the file name with a space, and if the file name is in quotes, inclue a space after the quotes before adding this code. Example:
 <code class="cmd">uedit64 file1.txt file2.txt -l10 -c25 "some file with spaces.txt" -l256 -c3</code>

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 ===Avoiding "reload file" prompt for files already open===
-When launching UltraEdit / UEStudio from another application, it may be necessary to invoke it with a file that is already open to position at a specific line or column.  In this case you can add '''/a''' to the command line, and if present, UltraEdit / UEStudio will '''not''' show the prompt to reload the file and lose unsaved changes.
+When launching UltraEdit / UEStudio from another application, it may be necessary to invoke it with a file that is already open to position at a specific line or column.  In this case, add '''/a''' to the command line, and if present, UltraEdit / UEStudio will not show the prompt to reload the file and lose unsaved changes.
 ===Opening to specific line / column number===