Common options used in scripting and reporting

The command-line options described below enable you to specify settings on the command line and in scripts. To learn more, see Global options.

Option	Description
`-b batchsize`	Specify a batch size (number of arguments) to use when processing a command from `-x argfile`. By default, 128 arguments are read at a time.
`-c client_workspace`	Specifies the client workspace name.
`-G`	Causes all output (and batch input for form commands with `-i`) to be formatted as marshaled Python dictionary objects.
`-p protocol:host:port`	Specifies the host and port number of the P4 Server, as well as the protocol used to connect.
`-P password`	Specifies the user password if any. If you prefer your script to log in before running commands (instead of specifying the password every time a command is issued), use the `p4 login` command. For example: echo 'mypassword' \| p4 login
`-s`	Prepends a descriptive field (for example, `text:`, `info:`, `error:`, `exit:`) to each line of output produced by a P4 Server command.
`-u user`	Specifies the P4 Server user name.
`-x argfile`	Reads arguments, one per line, from the specified file. If `argfile` is a single hyphen (`-`), then standard input is read.