3. Command Line Options

The available command line options for Sherpa (given either in long form (starting with two hyphen) or, alternatively in a short-hand form) include:

--run-data, -f <file>

Read settings from input file <file>, see Input structure. This is deprecated, use positional arguments to specify input files instead, see Input structure.

--path, -p <path>

Read input file from path <path>, see Input structure.

--sherpa-lib-path, -L <path>

Set Sherpa library path to <path>, see SHERPA_CPP_PATH.

--events, -e <N_events>

Set number of events to generate <N_events>, see EVENTS.

--event-type, -t <event_type>

Set the event type to <event_type>, see EVENT_TYPE.

--result-directory, -r <path>

Set the result directory to <path>, see RESULT_DIRECTORY.

--random-seed, -R <seed>

Set the seed of the random number generator to <seed>, see RANDOM_SEED.

--me-generators, -m <generators>

Set the matrix element generator list to <generators>, see ME_GENERATORS. If you specify more than one generator, use the YAML sequence syntax, e.g. -m '[Amegic, Comix]'.

--mi-handler, -M <handler>

Set multiple interaction handler to <handler>, see MI_HANDLER.

--event-generation-mode, -w <mode>

Set the event generation mode to <mode>, see EVENT_GENERATION_MODE.

--shower-generator, -s <generator>

Set the parton shower generator to <generator>, see SHOWER_GENERATOR.

--fragmentation, -F <module>

Set the fragmentation module to <module>, see Fragmentation.

--decay, -D <module>

Set the hadron decay module to <module>, see Hadron decays.

--analysis, -a <analyses>

Set the analysis handler list to <analyses>, see ANALYSIS. If you specify more than one analysis handler, use the YAML sequence syntax, e.g. -a '[Rivet, Internal]'.

--analysis-output, -A <path>

Set the analysis output path to <path>, see ANALYSIS_OUTPUT.

--output, -O <level>

Set general output level <level>, see OUTPUT.

--event-output, -o <level>

Set output level used during event generation <level>, see OUTPUT.

--log-file, -l <logfile>

Set log file name <logfile>, see LOG_FILE.

--disable-result-directory-generation, -g

Do not create result directory, see RESULT_DIRECTORY.

--disable-batch-mode, -b

Switch to non-batch mode, see BATCH_MODE.

--enable-init-only, -I

Only initialize the run, i.e. writes out the Process directory, if necessary writes out the libraries for AMEGIC++ and quits the run, see Running Sherpa and INIT_ONLY.

--print-version-info, -V

Print extended version information at startup.

--version, -v

Print versioning information.

--help, -h

Print a help message.

'PARAMETER: Value'

Set the value of a parameter, see Parameters. Equivalent input forms are PARAMETER:Value (without a space) and PARAMETER=Value; these forms can normally be used without quotation marks. Just as for any other command line option, the setting takes precedence over corresponding settings defined in runcards. You can also set nested settings or settings that expect lists of values; see Input structure for more details.

'Tags: {TAG: Value}'

Set the value of a tag, see Tags. More than one tag can be specified using 'Tags: {TAG1: Value1, TAG2: Value2, ...}'.