Provided by: scala_2.11.6-6_all 
NAME
scala - Run code in the Scala 2 language
SYNOPSIS
scala [ <option> ]... [ <torun> <argument>... ]
PARAMETERS
<compiler-option>
Any scalac option. See scalac(1).
-howtorun:<how>
How to execute <torun>, if it is present. Options for <how> are guess (the
default), script, jar, and object.
-i <file>
Requests that a file be pre-loaded. It is only meaningful for interactive shells.
-e <string>
Requests that its argument be executed as Scala code.
-savecompiled
Save this compiled version of scripts in order to speed up later executions of the
same script. When running a script, save the compiled version in a file with the
same name as the script but with an extension of .jar. On subsequent runs of the
same script, the pre-compiled .jar file will be used if it is newer than the script
file.
-nocompdaemon
Do not use the fsc offline compiler.
-Dproperty=value
Set a Java system property. If no value is specified, then the property is set to
the empty string.
<torun>
A top-level object or a script file to run.
<argument>
An arguments to pass to <torun>.
DESCRIPTION
The scala utility runs Scala code using a Java runtime environment. The Scala code to run
is specified in one of three ways:
1. With no arguments specified, a Scala shell starts and reads commands interactively.
2. With -howtorun:object specified, the fully qualified name of a top-level Scala
object may be specified. The object should previously have been compiled using
scalac(1).
3. With -howtorun:script specified, a file containing Scala code may be specified.
If -howtorun: is left as the default (guess), then the scala command will check whether a
file of the specified name exists. If it does, then it will treat it as a script file; if
it does not, then it will treat it as the name of an object.
In all three cases, arbitrary scalac options may be specified. The most common option is
to specify a classpath with -classpath, but see the scalac(1) page for full details.
If an object is specified to run, then that object must be a top-level Scala object with
the specified name. The object must define a method main with the following signature:
def main(args: Array[String]): Unit
The method must return a Unit value, and it must accept a String array as a parameter.
All arguments specified on the command line will be passed as arguments to the main
method.
If a script file is specified to run, then the file is read and all Scala statements and
declarations in the file are processed in order. Any arguments specified will be available
via the argsvariable.
Script files may have an optional header that is ignored if present. There are two ways
to format the header: either beginning with #! and ending with !#, or beginning with ::#!
and ending with ::!#.
Such a header must have each header boundary start at the beginning of a line. Headers
can be used to make stand-alone script files, as shown in the examples below.
If scala is run from an sbaz(1) directory, then it will add to its classpath any jars
installed in the lib directory of the sbaz directory. Additionally, if no -classpath
option is specified, then scala will add ".", the current directory, to the end of the
classpath.
OPTIONS
If any compiler options are specified, they must be first in the command line and must be
followed by a bare hypen ("-") character. If no arguments are specified after the optional
compiler arguments, then an interactive Scala shell is started. Otherwise, either a
script file is run, or a pre-compiled Scala object is run. It is possible to distinguish
the last two cases by using an explicit -object or -script flag, but usually the program
can guess correctly.
ENVIRONMENT
JAVACMD
Specify the java command to be used for running the Scala code. Arguments may be
specified as part of the environment variable; spaces, quotation marks, etc., will
be passed directly to the shell for expansion.
JAVA_HOME
Specify JDK/JRE home directory. This directory is used to locate the java command
unless JAVACMD variable set.
JAVA_OPTS
Specify the options to be passed to the java command defined by JAVACMD.
With Java 1.5 (or newer) one may for example configure the memory usage of the JVM
as follows: JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx512M -Xms16M -Xss16M"
With GNU Java one may configure the memory usage of the GIJ as follows:
JAVA_OPTS="--mx512m --ms16m"
EXAMPLES
Here are some examples of running Scala code:
Execute a Scala program generated in the current directory
scala hello.HelloWorld
Execute a Scala program generated in a user-defined directory classes
scala -classpath classes hello.HelloWorld
Execute a Scala program using a user-defined java command
env JAVACMD=/usr/local/bin/cacao scala -classpath classes hello.HelloWorld
Execute a Scala program using JVM options
env JAVACMD=java JAVA_OPTS="-Dmsg=hello -enableassertions" scala -classpath classes
hello.HelloWorld
Here is a complete Scala script for Unix:
#!/bin/sh
exec scala "$0" "$@"
!#
Console.println("Hello, world!")
args.toList foreach Console.println
Here is a complete Scala script for MS Windows:
::#!
@echo off
call scala %0 %*
goto :eof
::!#
Console.println("Hello, world!")
args.toList foreach Console.println
If you want to use the compilation cache to speed up multiple executions of the script,
then add -savecompiled to the scala command:
#!/bin/sh
exec scala -savecompiled "$0" "$@"
!#
Console.println("Hello, world!")
args.toList foreach Console.println
EXIT STATUS
The scala command returns a zero exit status if it succeeds. Non zero is returned in case
of any error. If a script or top-level object is executed and returns a value, then that
return value is passed on to scala.
AUTHOR
Written by Martin Odersky and other members of the Scala team.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to https://issues.scala-lang.org/.
COPYRIGHT
This is open-source software, available to you under a BSD-like license. See accompanying
"copyright" or "LICENSE" file for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
fsc(1), scalac(1), scaladoc(1), scalap(1)