Using maven properties in command line

Question

Can we use maven properties such as ${maven.project.version} and ${maven.build.timestamp} in command line? For example: mvn clean package -Dbuild.number=${maven.project.version}-${maven.build.timestamp}. I know it is possible to set it as property in pom file.

Answer 1

No, you can't..

But you can override the properties in your pom.xml with command line parameters by the same name