How do I exclude certain modules from a Maven build using the commandline

Question

Is there a way to exclude some modules from a big reactor build, similar to -pl ?

Here are a number of ways to do it persistently:

How to exclude a module fr

Answer 1

I don't believe this is currently possible from the command line. There is an open feature request in maven3 for this very thing (http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5230).

Looks like your only option at this point is to modify the pom and create a new build profile that includes only the modules you want to build.