options:

--version

print ninja version ("1.11.1")

-v, --verbose

show all command lines while building

--quiet

don't show progress status, just command output

-C DIR

change to DIR before doing anything else

-f FILE

specify input build file [default=build.ninja]

-j N

run N jobs in parallel (0 means infinity) [default=#CPUs]

-k N

keep going until N jobs fail (0 means infinity) [default=1]

-l N

do not start new jobs if the load average is greater than N

-n

dry run (don't run commands but act like they succeeded)

-d MODE

enable debugging (use '-d list' to list modes)

-t TOOL

run a subtool (use '-t list' to list subtools)

terminates toplevel options; further flags are passed to the tool

-w FLAG

adjust warnings (use '-w list' to list warnings)