erl

Run and manage programs in the Erlang programming language.

• Compile and run sequential Erlang program as a common script and then exit:

erlc {files} && erl -noshell '{mymodule:myfunction(arguments)}, init:stop().'

• Connect to a running Erlang node:

erl -remsh {nodename}@{hostname} -sname {custom_shortname} -hidden -setcookie {cookie_of_remote_node}

• Tell the Erlang shell to load modules from a directory:

erl -pa {directory_with_beam_files}

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