$ScriptCommandLine

$ScriptCommandLine

is a list of strings giving the elements of the command line with which the standalone Wolfram System script was invoked.

Details

  • If the Wolfram Language kernel was invoked via a wolframscript mechanism, the $ScriptCommandLine contains the elements of the command line, starting with the name of the script.
  • If the Wolfram Language kernel was run in a way other than via a wolframscript mechanism, the $ScriptCommandLine gives an empty list.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

$ScriptCommandLine is empty in an interactive session:

Find the wolframscript executable:

Set up appropriate arguments for the operating system:

$ScriptCommandLine will include the executable and its arguments when launched:

Wolfram Research (2010), $ScriptCommandLine, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ScriptCommandLine.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2010), $ScriptCommandLine, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ScriptCommandLine.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2010. "$ScriptCommandLine." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ScriptCommandLine.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2010). $ScriptCommandLine. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ScriptCommandLine.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$scriptcommandline, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$ScriptCommandLine}", year="2010", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ScriptCommandLine.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-July-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$scriptcommandline, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$ScriptCommandLine}, year={2010}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ScriptCommandLine.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-July-2025 ]}