Command-line options

To see all the options available to start JMeter, run the JMeter executable with the -? command. The options provided are as follows:

    ./jmeter.sh -?
    
    -?
        print command line options and exit
    -h, --help
        print usage information and exit
    -v, --version
        print the version information and exit
    -p, --propfile <argument>
        the jmeter property file to use
    -q, --addprop <argument>
        additional JMeter property file(s)
    -t, --testfile <argument>
        the jmeter test(.jmx) file to run
    -l, --logfile <argument>
        the file to log samples to
    -j, --jmeterlogfile <argument>
        jmeter run log file (jmeter.log)
    -n, --nongui
        run JMeter in nongui mode
    ...
    -J, --jmeterproperty <argument>=<value>
        Define additional JMeter properties
    -G, --globalproperty <argument>=<value>
        Define Global properties (sent to servers)
        e.g. -Gport=123
             or -Gglobal.properties
    -D, --systemproperty <argument>=<value>
        Define additional system properties
    -S, --systemPropertyFile <argument>
        additional system property file(s)
  

This is a snippet (non-exhaustive list) of what you might see if you did the same.
We will explore some, but not all, of these options as we go through the book.