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title: "Vicon Shogun command line options"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Shogun18/13669142/Vicon%20Shogun%20command%20line%20options"
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You can use command line options for Shogun Live and Shogun Post.

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## Shogun Live command line options

Shogun Live supports the following command line options:

| **Option** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| `--help` | List supported command line options. |
| `--log <level>` | Set logging level to one of [`Off, Always, Error, Warn, Info, Default, Debug`]. |
| `--force-gles` | Load in Graphics Compatibility mode. |
| `--terminal-port <port number>` | Specify a port number for the Live API terminal server (the default is 52800). |
| `--nosplash` | Do not show the splash screen. |
| `--log-dir <path>` | Specify a directory in which to save the log file (overrides default location). |
| `--agent-host-ip=<host IP>` | Where `host IP` is the IP address of the machine. Used to extract a subnet for harvesting network interfaces when setting up multi-machine Shogun processing. For details, see [Run Shogun processing on multiple machines](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13664471). |

Example usage:


    `> C:\Program Files\Vicon\ShogunLive1.8\ShogunLive.exe --log Info --log-dir C:\tmp\ShogunLiveLogs`



    `> C:\Program Files\Vicon\ShogunLive1.8\ShogunLive.exe --agent-host-ip=192.168.1.100`


## Shogun Post command line options

Shogun Post supports the following command line options:

| **Option** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| `--force-gles` | Load in Graphics Compatibility mode. |
| `--SkipSplash` | Do not show the splash screen. |
| `--crash-handler <string>` | Optionally, specify `quiet` or `system`.  
If used with no argument, the Vicon crash handler is used. |
| `--exit-after-script` | Close Shogun Post after running the init script. |

Example usage:


    `> C:\Program Files\Vicon\ShogunPost1.8\ShogunPost.exe --SkipSplash`