# Command Line Options

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# 2.3. Command Line Options

Though Pixie can be started from the K menu or from a desktop icon, it can also be opened at the command line prompt of a terminal window. There are a few useful options available for doing this.

## 2.3.1. Specify a File

By specifying the path and name of a particular file, the user can have Pixie open that file immediately upon startup. Here's an example of opening an existing image file with Pixie from the command line:

     % pixie ./docs/my-dog.png

If the file that you typed doesn't exist yet, Pixie creates a new blank file for you, using the name that you typed.

## 2.3.2. Edit a file on the internet

Pixie can even be used to open image files on the internet, if you have an active connection to the internet at the time. For example, type the command shown below to open the the KDE home page's banner image in Pixie:

     % pixie http://www.kde.org/img/full_logo.jpg

## 2.3.3. Other Command Line Options

The following command line help options are available:

`pixie `--help``

  lists the most basic options available at the command line

`pixie `--help-qt``

  lists the options available for changing the way Pixie interacts with Qt™

`pixie `--help-kde``

  lists the options available for changing the way Pixie interacts with KDE

`pixie `--help-all``

  lists all of Pixie's command line options

`pixie `--version``

  Lists version information for Qt™, KDE, and Pixie.

`pixie `-v``

  Same as for `--version` above.

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