Index: trunk/ippTools/src/pubtool.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/pubtool.c	(revision 28319)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/pubtool.c	(revision 28320)
@@ -165,4 +165,7 @@
 
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(rerun, config->args, "-rerun", false);
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(pretend, config->args, "-pretend", false);
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_U64(limit, config->args, "-limit", false, false);
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(simple, config->args, "-simple", false);
 
     psString query = pxDataGet("pubtool_definerun.sql"); // Query to run
@@ -174,5 +177,11 @@
 
     if (!rerun) {
-        psStringAppend(&query, "WHERE publishRun.client_id IS NULL");
+        psStringAppend(&query, "\nWHERE publishRun.client_id IS NULL");
+    }
+
+    if (limit) {
+        psString limitString = psDBGenerateLimitSQL(limit);
+        psStringAppend(&query, "\n%s", limitString);
+        psFree(limitString);
     }
 
@@ -213,4 +222,14 @@
     if (!psArrayLength(output)) {
         psTrace("pubtool", PS_LOG_INFO, "No rows found");
+        psFree(output);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (pretend) {
+        if (!ippdbPrintMetadatas(stdout, output, "publishRun", !simple)) {
+            psError(psErrorCodeLast(), false, "Failed to print array");
+            psFree(output);
+            return false;
+        }
         psFree(output);
         return true;
Index: trunk/ippTools/src/pubtoolConfig.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/pubtoolConfig.c	(revision 28319)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/pubtoolConfig.c	(revision 28320)
@@ -65,10 +65,12 @@
     psMetadataAddStr(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-label", PS_META_DUPLICATE_OK, "set and search by label", NULL);
     psMetadataAddStr(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-data_group", PS_META_DUPLICATE_OK, "search by data_group", NULL);
-    psMetadataAddBool(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-rerun", 0, "Re-run publish?", false);
     psMetadataAddTime(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-dateobs_begin", 0, "search for exposures by time (>=)", NULL);
     psMetadataAddTime(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-dateobs_end", 0, "search for exposures by time (<=)", NULL);
     psMetadataAddStr(definerunArgs,  PS_LIST_TAIL, "-filter", 0, "search for filter", NULL);
     psMetadataAddStr(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-obs_mode", 0, "search by observation mode", NULL);
-
+    psMetadataAddBool(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-rerun", 0, "Re-run publish?", false);
+    psMetadataAddBool(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-pretend", 0, "Pretend to define?", false);
+    psMetadataAddBool(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-simple",  0, "use simple output format?", false);
+    psMetadataAddU64(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-limit",  0, "limit result set", 0);
 
     // -pending