# How to launch Slicer from command line to view DICOM data sets

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-launch-slicer-from-command-line-to-view-dicom-data-sets/14592>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [November 13, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-launch-slicer-from-command-line-to-view-dicom-data-sets/14592 "2020-11-13T22:43:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![spycolyf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@spycolyf](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/spycolyf)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-launch-slicer-from-command-line-to-view-dicom-data-sets/14592/1 "2020-11-13T22:43:53Z")

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Hello, happy Friday the thirteenth :-).

I am looking for the correct command line script to launch and display a set of CT slices, and allow the user to scroll through them.

Thanks

Doug Porter