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title: "Pagefind CLI configuration options"
nav_title: "CLI config options"
nav_section: References
weight: 51
---
The Pagefind CLI has the following options.
These can be set via any [configuration source](/docs/config-sources/).
> These configuration options only apply when running the Pagefind indexing tool on your site.
> For configuring Pagefind search in the browser, see [Pagefind Search Config](/docs/search-config/).
> For configuring the Pagefind Component UI, see [Pagefind Component UI](/docs/search-ui/).
## Required arguments
### Site
The location of your built static site.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
| `--site <PATH>` | `PAGEFIND_SITE` | `site` |
## Optional arguments
### Serve
Serve the site directory after creating the search index. Useful for testing search on a local build of your site without having to serve the site directory manually.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|-----------|------------------|------------|
| `--serve` | `PAGEFIND_SERVE` | `serve` |
### Output subdirectory
The folder to output the search bundle into, relative to the processed site. Defaults to `pagefind`.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
| `--output-subdir <DIR>` | `PAGEFIND_OUTPUT_SUBDIR` | `output_subdir` |
### Output path
The folder to output the search bundle into, relative to the working directory. Overrides `output-subdir` if supplied.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|------------------------|------------------------|---------------|
| `--output-path <PATH>` | `PAGEFIND_OUTPUT_PATH` | `output_path` |
### Root selector
The element that Pagefind should treat as the root of the document. Defaults to `html`.
Note that filters and metadata outside of this selector will **not** be detected, all Pagefind behaviour will be limited to this element and below. In most cases, you should use the `data-pagefind-body` attribute detailed in [Customizing the index](/docs/indexing/).
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
| `--root-selector <S>` | `PAGEFIND_ROOT_SELECTOR` | `root_selector` |
### Exclude selectors
Pass extra element selectors that Pagefind should ignore when indexing. For example, in `pagefind.yml`:
```yml
exclude_selectors:
- "#my_navigation"
- "blockquote > span"
- "[id^='prefix-']"
```
All children will also be ignored, so using a `#my_navigation *` selector is not required — in other words, the semantics are the same as the [data-pagefind-ignore](/docs/indexing/#removing-individual-elements-from-the-index) attribute.
Note that currently Pagefind only supports lists of options via configuration files. If using the `--exclude-selectors` CLI flag or the `PAGEFIND_EXCLUDE_SELECTORS` environment variable, only one selector may be supplied. The selector may be a comma-separated CSS selector though, so the above example can be passed as `--exclude-selectors "#my_navigation, blockquote > span, [id^='prefix-']"`.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|---------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|
| `--exclude-selectors <S>` | `PAGEFIND_EXCLUDE_SELECTORS` | `exclude_selectors` |
### Include characters
Prevents Pagefind from stripping the provided characters when indexing content.
Allows users to search for words including these characters.
See [Indexing special characters](/docs/indexing/#indexing-special-characters) for more documentation.
Care is needed if setting this argument via the CLI, as special characters may be interpreted by your shell.
Configure this via a [configuration file](/docs/config-sources/#config-files) if you encounter issues.
```yml
include_characters: "<>$"
```
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|
| `--include-characters <S>` | `PAGEFIND_INCLUDE_CHARACTERS` | `include_characters` |
### Glob
Configures the glob used by Pagefind to discover HTML files. Defaults to `**/*.{html}`.
See [Wax patterns documentation](https://github.com/olson-sean-k/wax#patterns) for more details.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
| `--glob <GLOB>` | `PAGEFIND_GLOB` | `glob` |
### Force language
Ignores any detected languages and creates a single index for the entire site as the provided language. Expects an ISO 639-1 code, such as `en` or `pt`.
See [Multilingual search](/docs/multilingual/) for more details.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
| `--force-language <LANG>` | `PAGEFIND_FORCE_LANGUAGE` | `force_language` |
### Keep index URL
Keeps `index.html` at the end of search result paths. By default, a file at `animals/cat/index.html` will be given the URL `/animals/cat/`. Setting this option to `true` will result in the URL `/animals/cat/index.html`.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|--------------------|------------------|------------------|
| `--keep-index-url` | `PAGEFIND_KEEP_INDEX_URL` | `keep_index_url` |
### Write playground
Writes the Pagefind playground files to `/playground` within your bundle directory. For most sites, this will make the Pagefind playground available at `/pagefind/playground/`.
This defaults to false, so playground files are not written to your live site. Playground files are always available when running Pagefind with `--serve`.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| `--write-playground` | `PAGEFIND_WRITE_PLAYGROUND` | `write_playground` |
### Verbose
Prints extra logging while indexing the site. Only affects the CLI, does not impact web-facing search.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|-------------|--------------------|------------|
| `--verbose` | `PAGEFIND_VERBOSE` | `verbose` |
### Quiet
Only logs errors and warnings while indexing the site. Only affects the CLI, does not impact web-facing search.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|-----------|------------------|------------|
| `--quiet` | `PAGEFIND_QUIET` | `quiet` |
### Silent
Only logs errors while indexing the site. Only affects the CLI, does not impact web-facing search.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|-----------|------------------|------------|
| `--silent` | `PAGEFIND_SILENT` | `silent` |
### Logfile
Writes logs to the given logfile, in addition to the console. Replaces the file on each run.
| CLI Flag | ENV Variable | Config Key |
|--------------------|--------------------|------------|
| `--logfile <PATH>` | `PAGEFIND_LOGFILE` | `logfile` |