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P4 Visual Client (P4V) Documentation | 2026.1

# Run P4V from the command-line

You can run P4V and its associated client applications (P4 Admin and P4 Merge) from the command-line.

To view all supported arguments <args> for P4V, run: p4v -h

## Run P4V and P4 Admin on Windows, Linux, and macOS

You can run P4V and P4 Admin from Windows, Linux, and macOS using the same procedure.

1. Open a terminal (or Command Prompt on Windows).

2. Navigate to the P4V installation directory.

3. Run:

   p4v <args>

## Run P4 Merge on macOS

1. Open a terminal.

2. Navigate to the folder where P4V/P4 Merge is installed.

3. Run:

   <path to p4merge>/p4merge.app/Contents/Resources/launchp4merge <args>

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