julia [switches] -- [programfile] [args...]
Switches (a '*' marks the default value, if applicable; settings marked '($)' may trigger package precompilation):
-v, --version Display version information
-h, --help Print command-line options (this message)
--help-hidden Print uncommon options not shown by `-h`
--project[={<dir>|@.}] Set <dir> as the active project/environment.
The default @. option will search through parent directories
until a Project.toml or JuliaProject.toml file is found.
-J, --sysimage <file> Start up with the given system image file
-H, --home <dir> Set location of `julia` executable
--startup-file={yes*|no} Load `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH/config/startup.jl`; if `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH`
environment variable is unset, load `~/.julia/config/startup.jl`
--handle-signals={yes*|no} Enable or disable Julia's default signal handlers
--sysimage-native-code={yes*|no}
Use native code from system image if available
--compiled-modules={yes*|no|existing|strict}
Enable or disable incremental precompilation of modules
The `existing` option allows use of existing compiled modules that were
previously precompiled, but disallows creation of new precompile files.
The `strict` option is similar, but will error if no precompile file is found.
--pkgimages={yes*|no|existing}
Enable or disable usage of native code caching in the form of pkgimages
The `existing` option allows use of existing pkgimages but disallows creation of new ones ($)
-e, --eval <expr> Evaluate <expr>
-E, --print <expr> Evaluate <expr> and display the result
-L, --load <file> Load <file> immediately on all processors
-t, --threads {auto|N[,auto|M]}
Enable N[+M] threads; N threads are assigned to the `default`
threadpool, and if M is specified, M threads are assigned to the
`interactive` threadpool; `auto` tries to infer a useful
default number of threads to use but the exact behavior might change
in the future. Currently sets N to the number of CPUs assigned to
this Julia process based on the OS-specific affinity assignment
interface if supported (Linux and Windows) or to the number of CPU
threads if not supported (MacOS) or if process affinity is not
configured, and sets M to 1.
--gcthreads=N[,M] Use N threads for the mark phase of GC and M (0 or 1) threads for the concurrent sweeping phase of GC.
N is set to half of the number of compute threads and M is set to 0 if unspecified.
-p, --procs {N|auto} Integer value N launches N additional local worker processes
`auto` launches as many workers as the number of local CPU threads (logical cores)
--machine-file <file> Run processes on hosts listed in <file>
-i, --interactive Interactive mode; REPL runs and `isinteractive()` is true
-q, --quiet Quiet startup: no banner, suppress REPL warnings
--banner={yes|no|short|auto*}
Enable or disable startup banner
--color={yes|no|auto*} Enable or disable color text
--history-file={yes*|no} Load or save history
--depwarn={yes|no*|error} Enable or disable syntax and method deprecation warnings (`error` turns warnings into errors)
--warn-overwrite={yes|no*} Enable or disable method overwrite warnings
--warn-scope={yes*|no} Enable or disable warning for ambiguous top-level scope
-C, --cpu-target <target> Limit usage of CPU features up to <target>; set to `help` to see the available options
-O, --optimize={0|1|2*|3} Set the optimization level (level 3 if `-O` is used without a level) ($)
--min-optlevel={0*|1|2|3} Set a lower bound on the optimization level
-g, --debug-info=[{0|1*|2}] Set the level of debug info generation (level 2 if `-g` is used without a level) ($)
--inline={yes*|no} Control whether inlining is permitted, including overriding @inline declarations
--check-bounds={yes|no|auto*}
Emit bounds checks always, never, or respect @inbounds declarations ($)
--math-mode={ieee|user*} Always follow `ieee` floating point semantics or respect `@fastmath` declarations
--code-coverage[={none*|user|all}]
Count executions of source lines (omitting setting is equivalent to `user`)
--code-coverage=@<path>
Count executions but only in files that fall under the given file path/directory.
The `@` prefix is required to select this option. A `@` with no path will track the
current directory.
--code-coverage=tracefile.info
Append coverage information to the LCOV tracefile (filename supports format tokens)
--track-allocation[={none*|user|all}]
Count bytes allocated by each source line (omitting setting is equivalent to `user`)
--track-allocation=@<path>
Count bytes but only in files that fall under the given file path/directory.
The `@` prefix is required to select this option. A `@` with no path will track the
current directory.
--bug-report=KIND Launch a bug report session. It can be used to start a REPL, run a script, or evaluate
expressions. It first tries to use BugReporting.jl installed in current environment and
fallbacks to the latest compatible BugReporting.jl if not. For more information, see
--bug-report=help.
--heap-size-hint=<size> Forces garbage collection if memory usage is higher than the given value.
The value may be specified as a number of bytes, optionally in units of
KB, MB, GB, or TB, or as a percentage of physical memory with %.
Options (34)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-v, --version | Display version information | help |
-h, --help | Print command-line options (this message) | help |
--help-hidden | Print uncommon options not shown by `-h` | help |
--project dir>|@. | Set <dir> as the active project/environment. | help |
-J, --sysimage file | Start up with the given system image file | help |
-H, --home dir | Set location of `julia` executable | help |
--startup-file yes*|no | Load `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH/config/startup.jl`; | help |
--sysimage-native-code yes*|no | Use native code from system image if available | help |
--compiled-modules yes*|no|existing|strict | Enable or disable incremental precompilation of modules The `existing` option allows use of existing compiled modules that were previously precompiled, but disallows creation of new precompile files. | help |
--pkgimages yes*|no|existing | Enable or disable usage of native code caching in the form of pkgimages The `existing` option allows use of existing pkgimages but disallows creation of new ones ($) | help |
-e, --eval expr | Evaluate <expr> | help |
-E, --print expr | Evaluate <expr> and display the result | help |
-L, --load file | Load <file> immediately on all processors | help |
-t, --threads auto|N | Enable N[+M] threads; | help |
--gcthreads N | Use N threads for the mark phase of GC and M (0 or 1) threads for the concurrent sweeping phase of GC. | help |
-p, --procs N|auto | Integer value N launches N additional local worker processes `auto` launches as many workers as the number of local CPU threads (logical cores) | help |
--machine-file file | Run processes on hosts listed in <file> | help |
-i, --interactive | Interactive mode; | help |
-q, --quiet | Quiet startup: no banner, suppress REPL warnings | help |
--banner yes|no|short|auto* | Enable or disable startup banner | help |
--color yes|no|auto* | Enable or disable color text | help |
--history-file yes*|no | Load or save history | help |
--depwarn yes|no*|error | Enable or disable syntax and method deprecation warnings (`error` turns warnings into errors) | help |
--warn-scope yes*|no | Enable or disable warning for ambiguous top-level scope | help |
-C, --cpu-target target | Limit usage of CPU features up to <target>; | help |
-O, --optimize 0|1|2*|3 | Set the optimization level (level 3 if `-O` is used without a level) ($) | help |
--min-optlevel 0*|1|2|3 | Set a lower bound on the optimization level | help |
--inline yes*|no | Control whether inlining is permitted, including overriding @inline declarations | help |
--check-bounds yes|no|auto* | Emit bounds checks always, never, or respect @inbounds declarations ($) | help |
--math-mode ieee|user* | Always follow `ieee` floating point semantics or respect `@fastmath` declarations | help |
--code-coverage none*|user|all | Count executions of source lines (omitting setting is equivalent to `user`) | help |
--track-allocation none*|user|all | Count bytes allocated by each source line (omitting setting is equivalent to `user`) | help |
--bug-report KIND | Launch a bug report session. | help |
--heap-size-hint size | Forces garbage collection if memory usage is higher than the given value. | help |
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