NAME

       coffee - interpreter and compiler for the CoffeeScript language

SYNOPSIS

       coffee [options] path/to/script.coffee [args]

DESCRIPTION

       If called without options, `coffee` will run your script.

       --ast  generate an abstract syntax tree of nodes

       -b, --bare
              compile without a top-level function wrapper

       -c, --compile
              compile to JavaScript and save as .js files

       -e, --eval
              pass a string from the command line as input

       -h, --help
              display this help message

       -i, --interactive
              run an interactive CoffeeScript REPL

       -j, --join
              concatenate the source CoffeeScript before compiling

       -l, --literate
              treat stdio as literate style coffeescript

       -m, --map
              generate source map and save as .js.map files

       -M, --inline-map
              generate source map and include it directly in output

       -n, --nodes
              print out the parse tree that the parser produces

       --nodejs
              pass options directly to the "node" binary

       --no-header
              suppress the "Generated by" header

       -o, --output
              set the output path or path/filename for compiled JavaScript

       -p, --print
              print out the compiled JavaScript

       -r, --require
              require the given module before eval or REPL

       -s, --stdio
              listen for and compile scripts over stdio

       -t, --transpile
              pipe generated JavaScript through Babel

       --tokens
              print out the tokens that the lexer/rewriter produce

       -v, --version
              display the version number

       -w, --watch
              watch scripts for changes and rerun commands