Set plugin's property on the command line in maven 2

Question

In maven 2.x, how would one set a plugin\'s property on the command line instead of in the of that plugin in the pom or in settings.xml?

For exampl

Answer 1

Usually you set maven properties using the same syntax as java system properties. Have you tried the following line?

mvn -DuseRepositoryLayout=true dependency:copy-dependencies