root(1)                     General Commands Manual                    root(1)

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/

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