qgis - Man Page

• Launch QGIS: qgis
• Open a specific project file: qgis [-p|--project] path/to/project.qgz
• Open one or more raster or vector files directly: qgis path/to/file1.tif path/to/file2.shp ...
• Hide the splash screen on startup: qgis [-n|--nologo]
• Set the initial map extent: qgis [-e|--extent] xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax
• Run a Python script on load: qgis [-f|--code] path/to/script.py
• Launch QGIS without restoring plugins: qgis [-P|--noplugins]
• Skip prompts for missing layers when opening a project: qgis [-B|--skipbadlayers] [-p|--project] path/to/project.qgz

tldr.sh

qgis [options] [file]

QGIS is a cross platform, Free and Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS). Supported platforms include Linux/Unix, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU General Public License.

Some of the major features include:

*Support for spatially enabled PostGIS tables
*Support for shapefiles, ArcInfo coverages, Mapinfo, and other formats
 supported by OGR
*Raster support for a large number of formats
*Identify features
*Display attribute tables
*Select features
*GRASS Digitizing
*Feature labeling

For a list of command-line options supported by this build, see: qgis --help

~/.config/QGIS/qgis.conf

QGIS preferences file. This file stores windows size/location, loaded plugins, user options, and other application settings.

See the QGIS home page (http://qgis.org) for a list of known issues with the latest release.

Gary Sherman <sherman at mrcc.com>