lua

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

Version: 5.1.3

Status: Done

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Usage TODO Downloads Further Reading History

 

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

Format	Location
.bin	Source Forge - utilities
.ipk	Source Forge - packages
.ipk	Pigs In Space - packages

 

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.