Scribus Command Line Reference
Just like any other program, Scribus can be launched from the command line. Below you find the command line options for Linux/UNIX (including Mac OS X). On other operating systems the parameters may have to be used differently.
- -l, --lang xx
 Overrides the system locale and runs Scribus in language- xx. The language is specified with the same POSIX language codes that are used in the- LANGand- LC_ALLenvironment variables. For example, English can be selected with ‘en’ (generic English), ‘en_GB’ (British English), ‘en_US’ (American english), etc. Similarly, reformed German can be selected with ‘de’ or ‘de_DE’, traditional German with ‘de_1901’, and Swiss German with ‘de_CH’.
- -la, --langs-available
 Prints a list of languages for which user interface translations are available. To use that language run Scribus as- scribus -l xxwhere- xxis the short language code.
- -v, --version
 Prints the Scribus version number and exits.
- -f, --file
 Opens the specified file. It’s possible to simply pass the file name as an unqualified argument instead of using this, though if the name begins with a dash (- -) you will need to use- --, e.g.,- scribus -- -myfile.sla.
- -h, --help
 Prints a brief usage summary.
- -fi, --font-info 
 Shows the font file listing as Scribus starts. This can be used for diagnosing missing glyphs within fonts or possibly broken font files.
- -pi, --profile-info
 Shows the color profiles listing which Scribus can use. This can be used for diagnosing missing or broken color profiles.
- -ns, --no-splash
 Suppresses display of the splash screen during Scribus start-up.
- -nns, --never-splash
 Stops the showing of the splashscreen on startup. Writes an empty file called .neversplash in- ~/.scribus.
- -sb, --swap-buttons
 Uses right to left dialog button ordering (e.g. Cancel/No/Yes instead of Yes/No/Cancel)
- -u, --upgradecheck
 Downloads a file from our scribus server indicating the latest available versions.