have to set port every time in command line when trying to trigger any Perforce command

Question

I\'m new to Perforce, need to work in command line, i\'m so confused why all the commands on the tutorial websites all write like $p4 command, but I have to add the

Answer 1

There are a couple ways to make myhost:1666 the default. These are, in the order of decreasing precedence:

1. command-line options (like -p myhost:1666)
2. the P4CONFIG file
3. environment variables (%P4PORT%)
4. on Windows, the registry (use p4 set P4PORT=myhost:1666 to set it)

See the docs here.

In your case, I guess the registry (if on Windows) or the env. var. (if on Linux) is the best option.