Usage: elixir [options] [.exs file] [data]

General options

• -e "COMMAND" : Evaluates the given command (*)
• -h, --help : Prints this message and exits
• -r "FILE" : Requires the given files/patterns (*)
• -S SCRIPT : Finds and executes the given script in $PATH
• -pr "FILE" : Requires the given files/patterns in parallel (*)
• -pa "PATH" : Prepends the given path to Erlang code path (*)
• -pz "PATH" : Appends the given path to Erlang code path (*)
• -v / --version : Prints Elixir version and exits
• --app APP : Starts the given app and its dependencies (*)
• --erl "SWITCHES" : Switches to be passed down to Erlang (*)
• --eval "COMMAND" : Evaluates the given command, same as -e (*)
• --logger-otp-reports BOOL : Enables or disables OTP reporting
• --logger-sasl-reports BOOL : Enables or disables SASL reporting
• --no-halt : Does not halt the Erlang VM after execution
• --werl : Uses Erlang's Windows shell GUI (Windows only)

Options given after the .exs file or -- are passed down to the executed code.
Options can be passed to the Erlang runtime using $ELIXIR_ERL_OPTIONS or --erl.

Distribution options

The following options are related to node distribution.

• --cookie COOKIE : Sets a cookie for this distributed node
• --hidden : Makes a hidden node
• --name NAME : Makes and assigns a name to the distributed node
• --rpc-eval NODE "COMMAND" : Evaluates the given command on the given remote node (*)
• --sname NAME : Makes and assigns a short name to the distributed node

Release options

The following options are generally used under releases.

• --boot "FILE" : Uses the given FILE.boot to start the system
• --boot-var VAR "VALUE" : Makes $VAR available as VALUE to FILE.boot (*)
• --erl-config "FILE" : Loads configuration in FILE.config written in Erlang (*)
• --pipe-to "PIPEDIR" "LOGDIR" : Starts the Erlang VM as a named PIPEDIR and LOGDIR
• --vm-args "FILE" : Passes the contents in file as arguments to the VM

--pipe-to starts Elixir detached from console (Unix-like only).
It will attempt to create PIPEDIR and LOGDIR if they don't exist.
See run_erl to learn more. To reattach, run: to_erl PIPEDIR.

** Options marked with (*) can be given more than once.