JULIA(1) General Commands Manual JULIA(1)
NAME
julia - a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for
technical computing
SYNOPSIS
julia [OPTIONS...] -- [PROGRAMFILE] [ARGS...]
If a Julia source file is given as a PROGRAMFILE (optionally followed
by arguments in ARGS) Julia will execute the program and exit.
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:
https://docs.julialang.org
COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
-v, --version
Display version information
-h, --help
Print command-line options (this message)
--help-hidden
Print uncommon options not shown by `-h`
--project[=
/@.]
Set as the active project/environment. The default @.
option will search through parent directories until a
Project.toml or JuliaProject.toml file is found.
-J, --sysimage
Start up with the given system image file
-H, --home
Set location of `julia` executable
--startup-file={yes*|no}
Load `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH/config/startup.jl`; if `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH`
environment variable is unset, load `~/.julia/config/startup.jl`
--handle-signals={yes*|no}
Enable or disable Julia's default signal handlers
--sysimage-native-code={yes*|no}
Use native code from system image if available
--compiled-modules={yes*|no|existing|strict}
Enable or disable incremental precompilation of modules. The
`existing` option allows use of existing compiled modules that
were previously precompiled, but disallows creation of new
precompile files. The `strict` option is similar, but will
error if no precompile file is found.
--pkgimages={yes*|no|existing}
Enable or disable usage of native code caching in the form of
pkgimages The `existing` option allows use of existing pkgimages
but disallows creation of new ones
-e, --eval
Evaluate
-E, --print
Evaluate and display the result
-m, --module [args]
Run entry point of `Package` (`@main` function) with `args'
-L, --load
Load immediately on all processors
-t, --threads {auto|N[,auto|M]}
Enable N[+M] threads; N threads are assigned to the `default`
threadpool, and if M is specified, M threads are assigned to the
`interactive` threadpool; `auto` tries to infer a useful default
number of threads to use but the exact behavior might change in
the future. Currently sets N to the number of CPUs assigned to
this Julia process based on the OS-specific affinity assignment
interface if supported (Linux and Windows) or to the number of
CPU threads if not supported (MacOS) or if process affinity is
not configured, and sets M to 1.
--gcthreads=N[,M]
Use N threads for the mark phase of GC and M (0 or 1) threads
for the concurrent sweeping phase of GC. N is set to the number
of compute threads and M is set to 0 if unspecified.
-p, --procs {N|auto}
Integer value N launches N additional local worker processes
`auto` launches as many workers as the number of local CPU
threads (logical cores)
--machine-file
Run processes on hosts listed in
-i, --interactive
Interactive mode; REPL runs and `isinteractive()` is true
-q, --quiet
Quiet startup: no banner, suppress REPL warnings
--banner={yes|no|short|auto*}
Enable or disable startup banner
--color={yes|no|auto*}
Enable or disable color text
--history-file={yes*|no}
Load or save history
--depwarn={yes|no*|error}
Enable or disable syntax and method deprecation warnings
(`error` turns warnings into errors)
--warn-overwrite={yes|no*}
Enable or disable method overwrite warnings
--warn-scope={yes*|no}
Enable or disable warning for ambiguous top-level scope
-C, --cpu-target=
Limit usage of CPU features up to ; set to `help` to see
the available options
-O, --optimize={0|1|2*|3}
Set the optimization level (level 3 if `-O` is used without a
level)
--min-optlevel={0*|1|2|3}
Set a lower bound on the optimization level
-g, --debug-info={0|1*|2}
Set the level of debug info generation (level 2 if `-g` is used
without a level)
--inline={yes*|no}
Control whether inlining is permitted, including overriding
@inline declarations
--check-bounds={yes|no|auto*}
Emit bounds checks always, never, or respect @inbounds
declarations
--math-mode={ieee|user*}
Always follow `ieee` floating point semantics or respect
`@fastmath` declarations
--polly={yes*|no}
Enable or disable the polyhedral optimizer Polly (overrides
@polly declaration)
--code-coverage[={none*|user|all}]
Count executions of source lines (omitting setting is equivalent
to `user`)
--code-coverage=@
Count executions of source lines in a file or files under a
given directory. A `@` must be placed before the path to
indicate this option. A `@` with no path will track the current
directory.
--code-coverage=tracefile.info
Append coverage information to the LCOV tracefile (filename
supports format tokens)
--track-allocation[={none*|user|all}]
Count bytes allocated by each source line (omitting setting is
equivalent to `user`)
--track-allocation=@
Count bytes but only in files that fall under the given file
path/directory. The `@` prefix is required to select this
option. A `@` with no path will track the current directory.
--bug-report=KIND
Launch a bug report session. It can be used to start a REPL, run
a script, or evaluate expressions. It first tries to use
BugReporting.jl installed in current environment and fallbacks
to the latest compatible BugReporting.jl if not. For more
information, see --bug-report=help.
--heap-size-hint=
Forces garbage collection if memory usage is higher than the
given value. The value may be specified as a number of bytes,
optionally in units of KB, MB, GB, or TB, or as a percentage of
physical memory with %.
--compile={yes*|no|all|min}
Enable or disable JIT compiler, or request exhaustive or minimal
compilation
--output-o
Generate an object file (including system image data)
--output-ji
Generate a system image data file (.ji)
--strip-metadata
Remove docstrings and source location info from system image
--strip-ir
Remove IR (intermediate representation) of compiled functions
--output-unopt-bc
Generate unoptimized LLVM bitcode (.bc)
--output-bc
Generate LLVM bitcode (.bc)
--output-asm
Generate an assembly file (.s)
--output-incremental={yes|no*}
Generate an incremental output file (rather than complete)
--trace-compile={stderr|name}
Print precompile statements for methods compiled during
execution or save to stderr or a path. Methods that were
recompiled are printed in yellow or with a trailing comment if
color is not supported
--trace-compile-timing=
If --trace-compile is enabled show how long each took to compile
in ms
--trace-dispatch={stderr|name}
Print precompile statements for methods dispatched during
execution or save to stderr or a path.
--task-metrics={yes|no*}
Enable the collection of per-task metrics.
-image-codegen
Force generate code in imaging mode
--permalloc-pkgimg={yes|no*}
Copy the data section of package images into memory
FILES AND ENVIRONMENT
See https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/environment-variables/
BUGS
Please report any bugs using the GitHub issue tracker:
https://github.com/julialang/julia/issues?state=open
AUTHORS
Contributors: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/graphs/contributors
INTERNET RESOURCES
Website: https://julialang.org/
Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org/
Install: https://julialang.org/install/
LICENSING
Julia is an open-source project. It is made available under the MIT
license.
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