.TH root 1 
.SH 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]

.SH 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).

.SH OPTIONS
.IP -b
Run in batch mode without graphics
.IP -x
Exit on exceptions
.IP -e
Execute the command passed between single quotes
.IP -n
Do not execute logon and logoff macros as specified in .rootrc
.IP -t
Enable thread-safety and implicit multi-threading (IMT)
.IP -q
Exit after processing command line macro files
.IP -l
Do not show the ROOT banner
.IP -a
Show the ROOT splash screen
.IP -config
print ./configure options
.IP -h -? --help
Show summary of options
.IP --version
Show the ROOT version
.IP --notebook
Execute ROOT notebook
.IP --web
Display graphics in a default web browser
.IP --web=<browser>
Display graphics in specified web browser
.IP [dir]
if dir is a valid directory cd to it before executing
.IP [data1.root...dataN.root]
Open the given ROOT files; remote protocols (such as http://) are supported
.IP [file1.C...fileN.C]
Execute the ROOT macro file1.C ... fileN.C.
.IP
Compilation flags as well as macro arguments can be passed, see format in https://root.cern/manual/root_macros_and_shared_libraries/