SYNOPSIS

usage: root [-b B] [-x X] [-e E] [-n N] [-t T] [-q Q] [-l L] [-a A]
[-config CONFIG] [-h HELP] [--version VERSION]
[--notebook NOTEBOOK] [--web WEB] [--web=<browser> WEB=<BROWSER>]
[dir] [data1.root...dataN.root] [file1.C...fileN.C]

DESCRIPTION

ROOTs Object-Oriented Technologies.

root is an interactive interpreter of C++ code. It uses the ROOT framework. For more information on ROOT, please refer to

An extensive Users Guide is available from that site (see below).

OPTIONS

-b

Run in batch mode without graphics

-x

Exit on exceptions

-e

Execute the command passed between single quotes

-n

Do not execute logon and logoff macros as specified in .rootrc

-t

Enable thread-safety and implicit multi-threading (IMT)

-q

Exit after processing command line macro files

-l

Do not show the ROOT banner

-a

Show the ROOT splash screen

-config

print ./configure options

-h

Show summary of options

--version

Show the ROOT version

--notebook

Execute ROOT notebook

--web

Display graphics in a default web browser

--web=<browser>

Display graphics in specified web browser

[dir]

if dir is a valid directory cd to it before executing

[data1.root...dataN.root]

Open the given ROOT files; remote protocols (such as http://) are supported

[file1.C...fileN.C]

Execute the ROOT macro file1.C ... fileN.C.

Compilation flags as well as macro arguments can be passed, see format in https://root.cern/manual/root_macros_and_shared_libraries/