jbang
Easily create, edit and run self-contained source-only Java programs.
TLDR
Initialize a simple Java class
$ jbang init [path/to/file.java]
Initialize a Java class (useful for scripting)
$ jbang init --template=[cli] [path/to/file.java]
Use jshell to explore and use a script and any dependencies in a REPL editor
$ jbang run --interactive
Setup a temporary project to edit a script in an IDE
$ jbang edit --open=[codium|code|eclipse|idea|netbeans|gitpod] [path/to/script.java]
Run a Java code snippet (Java 9 and later)
$ [echo 'Files.list(Paths.get("/etc")).forEach(System.out::println);'] | jbang -
Run command-line application
$ jbang [path/to/file.java] [command] [arg1 arg2 ...]
Install a script on the user's $PATH
$ jbang app install --name [command_name] [path/to/script.java]
Install a specific version of JDK to be used with jbang
$ jbang jdk install [version]
