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.TH jrunscript 1 "02 Jun 2010"

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.SH "Name"
jrunscript \- command line script shell
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
\f3
.fl
\fP\f3jrunscript\fP [ \f2options\fP ] [ arguments... ]
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.fi

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.SH "PARAMETERS"
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.RS 3
.TP 3
options 
Options, if used, should follow immediately after the command name. 
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arguments 
Arguments, if used, should follow immediately after options or command name. 
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\f3jrunscript\fP is a command line script shell. jrunscript supports both an interactive (read\-eval\-print) mode and a batch (\-f option) mode of script execution. This is a scripting language independent shell. By default, JavaScript is the language used, but the \-l option can be used to specify a different language. Through Java to scripting language communication, jrunscript supports "exploratory programming" style.
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\f3NOTE:\fP This tool is \f3experimental\fP and may \f3not\fP be available in future versions of the JDK.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.RS 3
.TP 3
\-classpath path 
Specify where to find the user's .class files that are accessed by the script. 
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\-cp path 
This is a synonym for \-classpath \f2path\fP 
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\-Dname=value 
Set a Java system property. 
.TP 3
\-J<flag> 
Pass <flag> directly to the Java virtual machine on which jrunscript is run. 
.TP 3
\-l language 
Use the specified scripting language. By default, JavaScript is used. Note that to use other scripting languages, you also need to specify the corresponding script engine's jar file using \-cp or \-classpath option. 
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\-e script 
Evaluate the given script. This option can be used to run "one liner" scripts specified completely on the command line. 
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\-encoding encoding 
Specify the character encoding used while reading script files. 
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\-f script\-file 
Evaluate the given script file (batch mode). 
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\-f \- 
Read and evaluate a script from standard input (interactive mode). 
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\-help\  
Output help message and exit. 
.TP 3
\-?\  
Output help message and exit. 
.TP 3
\-q\  
List all script engines available and exit. 
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
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If [arguments...] are present and if no \f3\-e\fP or \f3\-f\fP option is used, then the first argument is the script file and the rest of the arguments, if any, are passed as script arguments. If [arguments..] and \f3\-e\fP or \f3\-f\fP option are used, then all [arguments..] are passed as script arguments. If [arguments..], \f3\-e\fP and \f3\-f\fP are missing, interactive mode is used. Script arguments are available to a script in an engine variable named "arguments" of type String array.
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
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\f3Executing inline scripts\fP
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.RS 3

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.nf
\f3
.fl
jrunscript \-e "print('hello world')"
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jrunscript \-e "cat('http://java.sun.com')"
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\fP
.fi
.RE

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\f3Use specified language and evaluate given script file\fP
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.RS 3

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.nf
\f3
.fl
jrunscript \-l js \-f test.js
.fl
\fP
.fi
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\f3Interactive mode\fP
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.RS 3

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.nf
\f3
.fl
jrunscript
.fl
js>print('hello world');
.fl
hello world
.fl
js>34 + 55
.fl
89
.fl
js> thread(function() { print('hello world'); }
.fl
hello world
.fl
js>
.fl
\fP
.fi
.RE

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\f3Run script file with script arguments\fP
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.RS 3

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.nf
\f3
.fl
jrunscript test.js arg1 arg2 arg3
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\fP
.fi
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test.js is script file to execute and arg1, arg2 and arg3 are passed to script as script arguments. Script can access these using "arguments" array.  
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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If JavaScript is used, then before evaluating any user defined script, jrunscript initializes certain built\-in functions and objects. These JavaScript built\-ins are documented in jsdocs.
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