lua
programming language interpreter
TLDR
Start interactive interpreter
$ lua
Run script$ lua [script.lua]
Execute code$ lua -e "[print('Hello')]"
Run with arguments$ lua [script.lua] [arg1] [arg2]
Check syntax only$ lua -p [script.lua]
Interactive after script$ lua -i [script.lua]
SYNOPSIS
lua [options] [script] [args]
DESCRIPTION
lua is the Lua programming language interpreter. Lua is lightweight and embeddable.
The tool runs Lua scripts and provides an interactive REPL. Commonly used for game scripting and configuration.
PARAMETERS
SCRIPT
Lua script file.ARGS
Script arguments.-e CODE
Execute string.-i
Interactive mode after script.-l MODULE
Require module.-p
Parse only (syntax check).--help
Display help information.
CAVEATS
Multiple versions exist (5.1-5.4). Some incompatibilities between versions. Embedding varies.
HISTORY
Lua was created in 1993 at PUC-Rio in Brazil, designed as a lightweight embeddable scripting language.