Common Options
Standardized Command Line Options
| Option | Description | 
|---|---|
| -Binformation | |
| -Jparameters | |
| -Rwest/east/south/north[/zmin/zmax][+r][+uunit] | |
| -U[label][+c][+jjust][+odx/dy][+ttext] | |
| -V[verbosity] | |
| -X[a|c|f|r]xshift | |
| -Y[a|c|f|r]yshift | |
| -a[col=]name[,…] | |
| -birecord[+b|l] | |
| -borecord[+b|l] | |
| -c[row,col|index] | |
| -d[i|o]nodata[+ccol] | |
| -e[~]“pattern” | -e[~]/regexp/[i] | |
| -f[i|o]colinfo | |
| -gx|y|z|d|X|Y|Dgap[u][+a][+ccol][+n|p] | |
| -h[i|o][n][+c][+d][+msegheader][+rremark][+ttitle] | |
| -icols[+l][+ddivide][+sscale|d|k][+ooffset][,…][,t[word]] | |
| -je|f|g | |
| -l[label][modifiers] | |
| -n[b|c|l|n][+a][+bBC][+c][+tthreshold] | |
| -ocols[,…][,t[word]] | |
| -p[x|y|z]azim[/elev[/zlevel]][+wlon0/lat0[/z0]][+vx0/y0] | |
| -q[i|o][~]rows[+ccol][+a|t|s] | |
| -r[g|p] | |
| -s[cols][+a|r] | |
| -t[transp[/transp2]][+f][+s] | |
| -wy|a|w|d|h|m|s|cperiod[/phase][+ccol] | |
| -x[[-]n] | |
| -:[i|o] | 
Standardized Command Line Options available in GMT Classic Mode Only
In GMT classic mode, options -c and -l are NOT available, but the following common options are:
| Option | Description | 
|---|---|
| -K | |
| -O | |
| -P |