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

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 from a Maven reactor build?

I want to do it from shell, or at least without modifying the poms, which I am not allowed to change.

Solution 1:^[1]

Another comment on the accepted answer, don't forget to escape the exclamation sign when running the command in bash:

> mvn clean install -pl \!module,\!module/submodule,\!groupId:artifactId

Solution 2:^[2]

As Yogesh_D wrote it can be done with the -pl argument with maven 3.2.1+

Here's an example:

> mvn clean install -amd -pl !module,!module/submodule

You need to list every sub-module (and sub-sub-module etc) manually, it does not exclude them recursively. Use the slash for package separation. It's the folder path, not the group or artifact id.

Solution 3:^[3]

I don't believe this is currently possible from the command line. There is an open feature request in maven3 for this very thing (https://issues.apache.org/jira/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.

Solution 4:^[4]

Instead of using exclamation ! sign you can use minus - sign.

mvn clean -pl -module1

You can also exclude multiple modules.

mvn clean -pl -module1,-module2

mvn clean -pl -module1 -pl -module2

Tested with:

Apache Maven 3.5.4 (1edded0938998edf8bf061f1ceb3cfdeccf443fe; 2018-06-17T20:33:14+02:00)
Apache Maven 3.6.3 (cecedd343002696d0abb50b32b541b8a6ba2883f)

Excluded modules must be in reactor of current project, so we can't exclude no existing module.

mvn clean -pl -no-existing-module

currently will fail - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7033

Solution 5:^[5]

in 2019 it's

mvn install -pl !:module1

(Windows 10 cmd)

Solution 6:^[6]

comma separated module name enclosed with double quotes. eg::

mvn install -pl "!Module1, !Module2"

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Solution 3	Slawomir Jaranowski
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Solution 5	davidluckystar
Solution 6	Nirbhay Rana

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