guile/examples/scripts/README

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* Overview

This directory includes examples which show how to write scripts using
Guile.

The descriptions below assume that you have a working copy of Guile
installed and available with the standard installation prefix
`/usr/local'.

* Included Examples


** simple-hello.scm

  The simplest "Hello World!" program for Guile.  Run it like this:

  $ guile -s simple-hello.scm

** hello

  An advanced version of the script above, with command line handling
  for the important options --help and --version.  Run it like this:

  ./hello

  or

  guile -s hello

** fact

  Command-line factorial calculator.  Run it like this:

  ./fact 5

  to calculate the factorial of 5.