# The Command-line Interface

The program accepts up to three command-line filenames or a /b switch to load a command-file. You cannot combine the loading of files with the /b options.

To load a specific set of files, the command-line must follow this pattern:

    translator.exe <original> <translation> <dictionary>

You can omit files from the end just by leaving them out. To omit a file at the start of the command-line but still load the others, replace the filename with a dot (.) instead.

To load a command-file, you must use the /b switch directly followed by the name of the command-file (no spaces after the b!), like this:

    translator.exe /b<command-file>

If filenames contains spaces, the filenames must be enclosed in single or double quotes. The commands the program understands are described in Appendix D.