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Each BaseX [[Startup]] mode has one or more command-line options , which are described in this article.

Command-line options can be specified multiple times. Please note that all options will be evaluated in the given order. The standard input can be parsed by specifying a single dash ({{Code|-}}) as an argument. {{Announce|Updated with Version 11}}: The Clark notation was replaced with the [[XQuery 3.0#Expanded QNames|Expanded QNames]] notation.

| Binds external variables to XQuery expressions. This flag may be specified multiple times. Variables names and their values are delimited by equality signs (<code>=</code>). The names may be optionally prefixed with dollar signs. If a variable uses a namespace different to from the default namespace, it can be specified with the [http://www[XQuery 3.jclark.com/xml/xmlns.htm Clark Notation0#Expanded QNames|Expanded QNames]]notation.

|• <code>-bv=example "declare variable $v external; $v"</code><br/>• <code>-bbQ{URL}ln=value<br/>"declare namespace ns='URL'; declare variable $ns:ln external; $ns:ln"</code>

| Binds external variables to XQuery expressions. This flag may be specified multiple times. Variables names and their values are delimited by equality signs (<code>=</code>). The names may be optionally prefixed with dollar signs. If a variable uses a namespace different to from the default namespace, it can be specified with the [http://www.jclark.com/xml/xmlns.htm Clark Notation] or [https://wwwXQuery 3.w3.org/TR/xquery-30/0#id-basics Expanded QName NotationQNames|Expanded QNames]]notation.

|• <code>-b$v=example "declare variable $v external; $v"</code><br/>• <code>-bbQ{URL}ln=value<br/>"declare namespace ns='URL'; declare variable $ns:ln external; $ns:ln"</code>