TV recognizes the following options:

       -?                           usage information
       -!<comment>                  null (or 'comment') option
       -b<filename>                 backup-directory specification
       -c<command sequence>         command specification for standard-IO
6.3e   -d                           delayed exit
       -e<filename>                 execute-file specification
       -f<font name>/<font size>    choose font for TV-window         (Amiga)
       -i<filename>                 initialization-file specification
       -p                           window pre-open             (Amiga, Unix)
7.1    -pf<filename>                parameter-file specification
       -s                           standard-IO specification
6.3e   -t<terminal>                 terminal type specification        (Unix)
7.0    -v                           stand-alone option: print version number
7.1    -wd<directory>               preset working directory
       -wh<number>                  window sizing (height)            (Amiga)
       -ww<number>                  window sizing (width)             (Amiga)
       -pv<number>                  window positioning (vertical)     (Amiga)
       -ph<number>                  window positioning (horizontal)   (Amiga)

As an (Amiga) example, the CLI-command

     TV textfile -bRAM: -is:TVini

will start an editing-session on file textfile with initialization-file
s:TVini and backup-directory RAM:.