---
name: "clojure1.11"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "clojure"
version: "1.11.1-2"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/clojure1.11"
---

# clojure1.11(1)

a JVM-based dynamic programming language

## NAME

clojure - a JVM-based dynamic programming language

## SYNOPSIS

**clojure** \[**-cp/-classpath** *classpath***\]** **\[-i/--init** *path***\]** **\[-e/--eval** *expr***\]** **{-h \| -r \|** *path* **\| -}** **\[***args ...***\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**This manual page documents briefly the** **clojure** **command.**

**clojure** **is the main entry point for Clojure, a dynamic programming language** **that targets the Java Virtual Machine.   With no options or arguments,** **it runs an interactive Read-Eval-Print loop (REPL).**

## OPTIONS

**A summary of options is included below.**

- **-cp, -classpath *classpath***

  **Specifies additional classpath elements.  Overrides the $CLASSPATH environment variable.  Must appear first if given.**

- **-i, --init *path***

  **Load a file or resource at initialisation time.  May be specified multiple times.**

- **-e, --eval *string***

  **Evaluate expressions in string; print non-nil values.  May be specified multiple times.**

- **-m, --main *ns-name***

  **Call the -main function from a namespace with args**

- **-r, --repl**

  **Run a repl**

- *path*

  **Run a script from a file or resource**

- **-**

  **Run a script from standard input**

- **-h, -?, --help**

  **Print a help message and exit**

## PATH ARGUMENTS

**A Clojure file can be provided as a path argument.  Files to be** **loaded from the classpath must be prefixed with a \`@' character,** **and must be an absolute path to the classpath resource.  Note that** **the path will be treated as absolute within the classpath, whether** **it is prefixed with a slash or not.**

**clojure binds** *\*command-line-args\** **to a seq containing the** **(optional) arguments provided after the path argument; this provides** **a way to provide command-line arguments to your scripts.**

## ENVIRONMENT

**A listing of recognised environment variables is included below.**

- **CLASSPATH**

  **Specifies additional classpath elements.**

## SEE ALSO

[**clojurec**(1)](/clojurec/1.md).

## AUTHOR

**clojure is a wrapper script around a Java implementation by Rich Hickey \<richhickey@gmail.com\>.** **The wrapper script was written by Peter Collingbourne \<peter@pcc.me.uk\>.**

**This manual page was written by Peter Collingbourne \<peter@pcc.me.uk\>,** **for the Debian project (but may be used by others).**