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=<type> WEB=<TYPE>]
                   [--web=off WEB=OFF]
                   [dir] [data1.root...dataN.root] [file1.C...fileN.C]
                   [file1_C.so...fileN_C.so]


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  Use web-based display for graphics, browser, geometry

       --web=<type>
              Use the specified web-based display such as chrome, firefox, qt6

              For more options see the documentation of TROOT::SetWebDisplay()

       --web=off
              Disable any kind of web-based display

       [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/

       [file1_C.so...fileN_C.so]
              Load and execute file1_C.so ... fileN_C.so (or .dll if on
              Windows)

              They should be already-compiled ROOT macros (shared libraries)
              or:

              regular user shared libraries e.g. userlib.so with a function
              userlib(args)

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