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Rake can be executed with the following command-line options:
--dry-run or -n: Do a dry run without executing actions
--help or -H: Display a help message
--libdir=LIBDIR or -I LIBDIR: Include LIBDIR in the search path for required modules
--rakelibdir=RAKELIBDIR or -R RAKELIBDIR: Auto-import any .rake files in RAKELIBDIR. (default is 'rakelib')
--nosearch or -N: Do not search parent directories for the Rakefile
--prereqs or -P: Display the tasks and dependencies, then exit
--quiet or -q: Do not log messages to standard output
--rakefile=FILE or -f FILE: Use FILE as the rakefile
--require=MODULE or -r MODULE: Require MODULE before executing rakefile
--silent or -s: Like --quiet, but also suppresses the 'in directory' announcement
--tasks[=PATTERN] or -T [PATTERN]: Display the tasks (matching optional PATTERN) with descriptions, then exit
--trace or -t: Turn on invoke/execute tracing, enable full backtrace
--usage or -h: Display usage
--verbose or -v: Log message to standard output (default)
--version or -V: Display the program version
--classic-namespace or -C: Put Task and FileTask in the top level namespace