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+# arduino
+
+> Arduino Studio - Integrated Development Environment for the Arduino platform.
+> More information: <https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/blob/master/build/shared/manpage.adoc>.
+
+- Build a sketch:
+
+`arduino --verify {{path/to/file.ino}}`
+
+- Build and upload a sketch:
+
+`arduino --upload {{path/to/file.ino}}`
+
+- Build and upload a sketch to an Arduino Nano with an Atmega328p CPU, connected on port `/dev/ttyACM0`:
+
+`arduino --board {{arduino:avr:nano:cpu=atmega328p}} --port {{/dev/ttyACM0}} --upload {{path/to/file.ino}}`
+
+- Set the preference `name` to a given `value`:
+
+`arduino --pref {{name}}={{value}}`
+
+- Build a sketch, put the build results in the build directory, and reuse any previous build results in that directory:
+
+`arduino --pref build.path={{path/to/build_directory}} --verify {{path/to/file.ino}}`
+
+- Save any (changed) preferences to `preferences.txt`:
+
+`arduino --save-prefs`