---
name: "focal"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "focal"
version: "1.0.1-1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/focal"
---

# focal(1)

interpreter for FOCAL

## NAME

focal - interpreter for FOCAL

## SYNOPSIS

**focal** \[*file*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the **focal** command. To run **focal** interactively, run it with no arguments. Alternatively, you can pass the name of a file to **focal** on the command line. This will start **focal** and execute the code in the file.

For information about the FOCAL programming language handbook, read the README distributed with this package.

## AUTHOR

**focal** was written by Dave Pitts \<dpitts@cozx.com\>.