lua

Lua (lua) is a flexible scripting language, with an ultra-small compiler and interpreter.

Version: 5.1.3

Status: Done

Usage

lua [ options ] [ script [ args ] ]
Options:
-     load and execute the standard input as a file, that is, not interactively, 
even when the standard input is a terminal.
-e stat
execute  statement  stat.  You need to quote stat if it contains spaces,
quotes, or other characters special to the shell.
-i    enter interactive mode after script is executed.
-l file
call require(file) before executing script.  Typically used to load 
libraries (hence the letter l).
-v    show version information.

TODO

• Need to write fip, khwl modules

Downloads

Further Reading

• Reference manual
• Programming in Lua
• Lua Users' Wiki

History

Version 5.1.3 [John, 2008-05-01]

• Ported up-to-date source
• Added several libs as builtins:
  • luasql.sqlite
  • luaexpat
  • luasocket

Version 5.0.2 [John, 2008-04]

• Ported
• Seems to be fully working.