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.TH JULIA 1 2013-12-10 Julia "Julia Programmers' Reference Guide"

.\" from the front page of http://julialang.org/
.SH NAME
julia - high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing

.SH SYNOPSIS
julia [option] [program] [args..]

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.SH DESCRIPTION
Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language
for technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users
of other technical computing environments.
It provides a sophisticated compiler, distributed parallel execution,
numerical accuracy, and an extensive mathematical function library.
The library, largely written in Julia itself, also integrates mature,
best-of-breed C and Fortran libraries for linear algebra,
random number generation, signal processing, and string processing.
In addition, the Julia developer community is contributing a number of
external packages through Julia's built-in package manager at a rapid pace.
Julia programs are organized around multiple dispatch;
by defining functions and overloading them for different combinations
of argument types, which can also be user-defined.
For a more in-depth discussion of the rationale and advantages of Julia
over other systems, please see the online manual:
http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/

If a Julia source file is given as \fIprogram\fP (possibly with arguments in
\fIargs\fP) then, instead of launching an interactive session, Julia executes
the program and exits.

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.SH "COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS"
.TP 25
-v --version
Display version information

.TP
-q --quiet
Quiet startup without banner

.TP
--color=<yes|no>
Turn colored prompts on (yes) and off (no).

.TP
-H --home <dir>
Load files relative to <dir>

.TP
-T --tab <size>
Set REPL tab width to <size>

.TP
-e --eval <expr>
Evaluate <expr>

.TP
-E --print <expr>
Evaluate and show <expr>

.TP
-P --post-boot <expr>
Evaluate <expr> right after boot

.TP
-L --load file
Load <file> right after boot on all processors

.TP
-J --sysimage file
Start up with the given system image file

.TP
-p n
Run n local processes

.TP
--machinefile file
Run processes on hosts listed in file

.TP
--no-history
Don't load or save history

.TP
-f --no-startup
Don't load ~/.juliarc.jl

.TP
-F
Load ~/.juliarc.jl, then handle remaining inputs

.TP
-h --help
Print a help message displaying command-line arguments


.SH FILES
.I ~/.juliarc.jl
.RS
Per user startup file.
.RE

.I /etc/julia/juliarc.jl
.RS
System-wide startup file.
.RE

.SH BUGS
Please report any bugs using the GitHub issue tracker:
https://github.com/julialang/julia/issues?state=open

.SH AUTHORS
Contributors: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/graphs/contributors