---
name: "groovy"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "groovy"
version: "1.8.6-1+deb7u1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/groovy"
---

# groovy(1)

Agile dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine

## NAME

Groovy - Agile dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine

## DESCRIPTION

usage: groovy \[options\] \[args\] options:

- **-D**,--define \<name=value\>

  define a system property

- **-a**,--autosplit \<splitPattern\>

  automatically split current line (defaults to '\\s')

- **-c**,--encoding \<charset\>

  specify the encoding of the files

- **-d**,--debug

  debug mode will print out full stack traces

- **-e** \<script\>

  specify a command line script

- **-h**,--help

  usage information

- **-i** \<extension\>

  modify files in place, create backup if extension is given (e.g. '.bak')

- **-l** \<port\>

  listen on a port and process inbound lines

- **-n**

  process files line by line

- **-p**

  process files line by line and print result

- **-v**,--version

  display the Groovy and JVM versions

## COMMANDS

- **groovy**:

  Command to run a set of Groovy statements entered on the command line (with -e), or stored in a text file whose name is given on the command.

  example: groovy -e 'System.in.readLines().each { println it }'

- **groovysh**:

  Terminal-based interpreter for Groovy.

- **groovyConsole**:

  GUI interpreter for composing Groovy interactively.

- **java2groovy**:

  The java2groovy tool reads class and interface definitions, written in the Java programming language, and converts them into groovy source files.

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHOR

This manual page was generated using help2man and edited by Varun Hiremath \<varun@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).