.TH LUA 1 "$Date: 2014/12/10 15:55:45 $".SH NAMElua \- Lua interpreter.SH SYNOPSIS.B lua[.I options][.I script[.I args]].SH DESCRIPTION.B luais the standalone Lua interpreter.It loads and executes Lua programs,either in textual source form orin precompiled binary form.(Precompiled binaries are output by.BR luac ,the Lua compiler.).B luacan be used as a batch interpreter and also interactively..LPThe given.I optionsare handled in order and thenthe Lua program in file.I scriptis loaded and executed.The given.I argsare available to.I scriptas strings in a global table named.BR arg .If no options or arguments are given,then.B "\-v \-i"is assumed when the standard input is a terminal;otherwise,.B "\-"is assumed..LPIn interactive mode,.B luaprompts the user,reads lines from the standard input,and executes them as they are read.If the line contains an expression or list of expressions,then the line is evaluated and the results are printed.If a line does not contain a complete statement,then a secondary prompt is displayed andlines are read until a complete statement is formed ora syntax error is found..LPAt the very start,before even handling the command line,.B luachecks the contents of the environment variables.B LUA_INIT_5_3or.BR LUA_INIT ,in that order.If the contents is of the form.RI '@ filename ',then.I filenameis executed.Otherwise, the string is assumed to be a Lua statement and is executed..SH OPTIONS.TP.BI \-e " stat"execute statement.IR stat ..TP.B \-ienter interactive mode after executing.IR script ..TP.BI \-l " name"execute the equivalent of.IB name =require(' name ')before executing.IR script ..TP.B \-vshow version information..TP.B \-Eignore environment variables..TP.B \-\-stop handling options..TP.B \-stop handling options and execute the standard input as a file..SH "SEE ALSO".BR luac (1).brThe documentation at lua.org,especially section 7 of the reference manual..SH DIAGNOSTICSError messages should be self explanatory..SH AUTHORSR. Ierusalimschy,L. H. de Figueiredo,W. Celes.\" EOF