Command Line

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Overview

If you have Gazebo Tools installed, you can use the gz gui command line tool:

gz gui -h

Gazebo GUI tool.

  gz gui [options]

Options:

  -l [ --list ]              List all available plugins.

  -s [ --standalone ] arg    Run a plugin as a standalone window.
                             Give the plugin filename as an argument.

  -c [ --config ] arg        Open the main window with a configuration file.
                             Give the configuration file path as an argument.

  -v [ --verbose ] [arg]     Adjust the level of console output (0~4).
                             The default verbosity is 1, use -v without
                             arguments for level 3.

  -h [ --help ]              Print this help message.

  --force-version <VERSION>  Use a specific library version.

  --versions                 Show the available versions.

When using the command line tool, all console messages are logged to $HOME/.gz/gui/log/<timestamp>.