---
name: "goruby"
section: "1"
platform: "macos"
package: "ruby"
version: "175"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/goruby"
---

# goruby(1)

A code-golfer's best friend

## NAME

**goruby** – A code-golfer's best friend

## SYNOPSIS

**goruby** \[options ...\] \[**--**\] \[*program\_file*\] \[*argument* *...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**goruby** is a kind of Ruby language processor which recognizes extremely shortened programs as below:

```
rq"date";s De.td
```

Which means:

```
require"date";puts Date.today
```

## OPTIONS

**goruby** takes same options as [ruby(1)](/ruby/1.md).

## SEE ALSO

- [ruby(1)](/ruby/1.md)

  The stiff version of Ruby interpreter.

## AUTHORS

Originally written by Nobuyoshi Nakada and developed by the Ruby core team.