an emacs command to open a new instance of emacs

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How can I make a cross-platform emacs command that opens another instance of emacs with -q option?

The reason why I need such a command is that it would be easy to modify the command to make it open another instance of emacs with -q and -l option so that the new instance loads an el file that I am editing with the old instance.

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