| -Binformation | Specify map frame and axes parameters | 
| -Jparameters | Select map projection | 
| -Rwest/east/south/north[/zmin/zmax][+r][+uunit] | Specify region of interest | 
| -U[label][+c][+jjust][+odx/dy] | Plot time-stamp on plot | 
| -V[verbosity] | Run in verbose mode | 
| -X[a|c|f|r]xshift | Shift plot origin in x-direction | 
| -Y[a|c|f|r]yshift | Shift plot origin in y-direction | 
| -a[col=]name[,…] | Associates aspatial data with columns | 
| -birecord[+b|l] | Select binary input | 
| -borecord[+b|l] | Select binary output | 
| -c[row,col|index] | Advance plot focus to selected (or next) subplot panel | 
| -d[i|o]nodata[+ccol] | Replace columns with nodata with NaN | 
| -e[~]“pattern” | -e[~]/regexp/[i] | Filter data records that match the given pattern | 
| -f[i|o]colinfo | Set column content of input or output | 
| -gx|y|z|d|X|Y|Dgap[u][+a][+ccol][+n|p] | Segment data by detecting gaps | 
| -h[i|o][n][+c][+d][+msegheader][+rremark][+ttitle] | ASCII tables have header record[s] | 
| -icols[+l][+ddivide][+sscale|d|k][+ooffset][,…][,t[word]] | Selection of input columns | 
| -je|f|g | Mode of spherical distance calculation | 
| -l[label][modifiers] | Add an item to the automatic plot legend | 
| -n[b|c|l|n][+a][+bBC][+c][+tthreshold] | Set grid interpolation mode | 
| -ocols[,…][,t[word]] | Selection of output columns | 
| -p[x|y|z]azim[/elev[/zlevel]][+wlon0/lat0[/z0]][+vx0/y0] | Control 3-D perspective view | 
| -q[i|o][~]rows[+ccol][+a|f|s] | Selection of input or output rows | 
| -r[g|p] | Sets grid registration | 
| -s[cols][+a|r] | Control treatment of NaN records | 
| -ttransparency | Set layer transparency | 
| -wy|a|w|d|h|m|s|cperiod[/phase][+ccol] | Convert selected coordinate to repeating cycles | 
| -x[[-]n] | Set number of cores in multi-threaded modules | 
| -:[i|o] | Expect y/x input rather than x/y |