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scala — Scala application launcher and interactive interpreter. More information: <https://scala-cli.virtusl

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Problem

How to use the scala command: Scala application launcher and interactive interpreter. More information: <https://scala-cli.virtuslab.org/docs/reference/cli-options/>.

Solution

scala — Scala application launcher and interactive interpreter. More information: <https://scala-cli.virtuslab.org/docs/reference/cli-options/>.

Start a REPL (interactive shell):

scala

Start the interpreter with a dependency in the [c]lass[p]ath:

scala {{[-cp|--extra-jars]}} {{filename.jar}} {{command}}

Execute a Scala script:

scala {{script.scala}}

Execute a .jar program:

scala {{filename.jar}}

Execute a single Scala command:

scala {{[-e|--execute-script]}} {{command}}

Code Snippets

Start a REPL (interactive shell)

scala

Start the interpreter with a dependency in the [c]lass[p]ath

scala {{[-cp|--extra-jars]}} {{filename.jar}} {{command}}

Execute a Scala script

scala {{script.scala}}

Execute a `.jar` program

scala {{filename.jar}}

Execute a single Scala command

scala {{[-e|--execute-script]}} {{command}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/scala

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