---
name: "execlineb"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "execline"
version: "2.9.6.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/execlineb"
---

# execlineb(1)

command launcher for execline scripts

## NAME

execlineb - command launcher for execline scripts

## SYNOPSIS

**execlineb** \[ -p \| -P \| -S nmin \| -s nmin \] \[ -q \| -w \| -W \] \[ -c commandline \] script args

## OPTIONS

- \-c commandline

  execute *commandline*, do not look for a file.

### Options for environment management

- \-p

  will bypass the *push* phase: the current frame of positional parameters will be **overwritten**. The script will **not** be reentrant

- \-P

  will bypass positional parameter handling *completely*: the environment will not be pushed, and positional parameters will be ignored. *execlineb -P -c 'script'* is equivalent to, but more efficient than, *execlineb -c 'emptyenv -P script'*. You should use the -P option only in standalone scripts that take no arguments, such as s6's or runit's run scripts.

- \-S nmin

  *will* substitute the positional parameters - up to at least *nmin* - but *will not* push nor set environment variables. *execlineb -S3 -c 'script'* is equivalent to, but more efficient than, *execlineb -c 'elgetpositionals -P3 emptyenv -P script'*.

- \-s nmin

  behaves just like the -S option, except that it defines $@ as the rest of the command line **after** *nmin* arguments have been removed.

### Options for block syntax checking

External execline commands that read blocks, like foreground, use the *EXECLINE\_STRICT* environment variable.

Normally the EXECLINE\_STRICT environment variable is inherited from the caller. You can force it unset, set to 1, or set to 2 by giving respectively the -q, -w or -W option to execlineb.

- \-q

  same as EXECLINE\_STRICT is unset.

  They won't complain at all.

- \-w

  same as EXECLINE\_STRICT is set to 1.

  They will print a warning message on stderr if they find their blocks not to be properly quoted.

- \-W

  same as EXECLINE\_STRICT is set to 2.

  They will also die.

## SEE ALSO

*/usr/share/doc/execline/execlineb.html* (in execline-doc package)

## NOTES

On Debian GNU/Linux system, all binaries from execline package are installed in */usr/lib/execline/bin/*.

For convenience, a script is provided as */usr/bin/execlineb*, which adds */usr/lib/execline/bin/* to *PATH* when invoked.