gnetlist accepts several optional arguments on the command-line. You can get a list of them by running gnetlist -h. gnetlist also has a manpage (man gnetlist) which lists all of the command line options that it accepts.
| -q | Quiet mode. Turn off all warnings/notes/messages. |
| -v, --verbose | Verbose mode. Output extra diagnostic information. |
| -h, --help | Print a help message. |
| -V, --version | Print gnetlist version information. |
| --list-backends | Print a list of installed netlist backends. |
| -o FILE | Write the generated netlist to FILE. |
| -g BACKEND | Specify which backend to use to generate netlist data. |
| -O STRING | Pass an option STRING to the netlist backend. |
| -i | Enter the interactive mode Scheme REPL instead of running a backend. |
| -- | Treat all remaining arguments as schematic or symbol filenames. Use this if you have a schematic filename which begins with ”-”. |
| -L DIRECTORY | Prepend DIRECTORY to the list of directories to be searched for Scheme files. |
| -c EXPR | Specify a Scheme expression to be evaluated at startup. |
| -l FILE | Specify a Scheme script to be executed before loading a backend. |
| -m FILE | Specify a Scheme script to be executed after loading a backend. |