The -i option is used to define a command-file from which TV will read its initial commands. If no file name is specified, no initialization-file will be executed. Note, that if TV is called without a -i option, it will execute the initialization-file to which TVini is assigned (e.g. by putting Assign TVini: <file> in the file s:User-Startup on Amiga). The initialization-file is read and executed before the window is opened and before any input-file is read.