idv -help
-help (this message)
-properties <property file>
-Dpropertyname=value (Define the property value)
-installplugin <plugin jar file to install>
-plugin <plugin jar file, directory, url for this run>
-noplugins Don't load plugins
-cleardefault (Clear the default bundle)
-nodefault (Don't read in the default bundle file)
-default <.xidv file>
-bundle <bundle file or url>
-oneinstanceport <port number> (Check if another version of the IDV is running. If so pass command line arguments to it and shutdown)
-nopref (Don't read in the user preferences)
-userpath <user directory to use>
-sitepath <url path to find site resources>
-nogui (Don't show the main window gui)
-data <data source> (Load the data source)
-setfiles <datasource pattern> <semi-colon delimited list of files> (Use the list of files for the bundled datasource)
-display <parameter> <display>
-islinteractive <run the isl file in interactive mode
scriptfile.isl (Run the IDV script in batch mode)
-currenttime <dttm> (Override current time for ISL processing)
-image <image file name> (create a jpeg image and then exit)
-movie <movie file name> (create a quicktime movie and then exit)
-imageserver <port number or .properties file> (run the IDV in image generation server mode. Support http requests on the given port)
-catalog <url to a chooser catalog>
-chooser (show the data chooser on start up)
-connect <collaboration hostname to connect to>
-server (Should the IDV run in collaboration server mode)
-port <Port number collaboration server should listen on>
-printjnlp (Print out any embedded bundles from jnlp files)
-listresources <list out the resource types
-debug (Turn on debug print)
-debugmessages (Turn on language pack debug)
-recordmessages <Language pack file to write missing entries to>
-trace (Print out trace messages)
-traceonly <trace pattern> (Print out trace messages that match the pattern)
You can add in a "type:" prefix to the argument that will specify the type with:
idv -data type:somedatatype:the_file_or_url_to_the_dataThe different values for the "somedatatype" are listed in here.