| Global Parameters | Description |
| -CHEck | Prints a summary of the available command-line parameters and prompts you for any additions you may want to make to the command line. |
| -Default | Tells the program to suppress all interaction and to use the program's default values for every parameter that is not explicitly defined on the command line. |
| -DOCLines=6 | Sets the number of lines of documentation that Wisconsin Package programs copy from input files to output files. This option sets a program to copy any number of lines you choose. The default is six lines. |
| -FASTA | Sets a program to accept sequences in FastA format. |
| -FAITHful | Sets a program to copy all of the input file's documentary heading, including blank lines, into output files. |
| -INITialize=initialization_file.init | Names the file the program should use as a command-line initialization file (see "Using Command-Line Initialization Files" in the "For Advanced Users" section in Chapter 3 of the User's Guide). If you do not specify the initialization_file.init, the program will use the file with a name the same as the program and the file extension .Init, for example % map -INIT uses the file Map.Init. |
| -NODOCumentation | Suppresses the short banner that introduces each program. |
| -QUIet | Sets a program not to ring the terminal bell, even when an error occurs. |
| -STAden | Sets a program to accept sequences in Staden format. |