# Unifying command line syntax

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unifying-command-line-syntax/186079>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 31, 2010, 10:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unifying-command-line-syntax/186079 "2010-03-31T10:00:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 10:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unifying-command-line-syntax/186079/1 "2010-03-31T10:00:58Z")

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It would be nice to see a convention on ways to specify environments  
on the command line. Here are three to choose from:

script/server -e test  
script/console test  
rake db:migrate RAILS\_ENV=test