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[Ulf Wiger]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Philip van Gastel (ETM) wrote:

Philip>Hi there,
Philip>
Philip>I am just starting using Erlang because of my work. 
Philip>
Philip>
Philip>A very short question, is there a possibility of using
Philip>command files, containing Erlang code and run it from command
Philip>line, eg.
Philip>
Philip># erl <commandfile>
Philip># <Enter>
Philip>
Philip>In this case, I just enter the erl shell, perform the
Philip>commands and exit again.

One way is to use a pipe (assuming UNIX here):

$ echo "erlang:now()." | erl -boot start_clean
Eshell V4.9.1  (abort with ^G)
1> {948,985137,921298}
** Terminating erlang **

Or using erl_call:

# erl_call -s -sname foo -a 'erlang now []'
{948,985627,609986}#

# setenv X `erl_call -sname foo -a 'erlang now []'`
# echo $X
948 985713 596695
# erl_call -sname foo -q
# erl_call -sname foo -a 'erlang now []'
<ERROR> erl_connect failed


erl_call --help for detailed instructions

/Uffe
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