---
name: "nqp-p"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nqp"
version: "2014.07-3"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nqp-p"
---

# nqp-p(1)

Not Quite Perl Compiler

## NAME

nqp-p - Not Quite Perl Compiler

## SYNOPSIS

```
 nqp-p [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments]
```

## DESCRIPTION

With no arguments, enters a REPL. With a `"[programfile]"` or the `"-e"` option, compiles the given program and by default also executes the compiled code.

```
  -c                   check syntax only (runs BEGIN and CHECK blocks)
  -e program           one line of program
  -h, --help           display this help text
  --target=[stage]     specify compilation stage to emit
  -t, --trace=[flags]  enable trace flags, see 'parrot --help-debug'
  --encoding=[mode]    specify string encoding mode
  -o, --output=[name]  specify name of output file
  -v, --version        display version information
  --stagestats         display time spent in the compilation stages
  --ll-backtrace       display a low level backtrace on errors
```

Note that only boolean single-letter options may be bundled

Supported stages for --target are:

```
 parse past post pir evalpmc
```

where

```
 parse = a representation of the parse tree
 past  = an intermediate format representing the parrot abstract syntax tree
 post  = an intermediate format representing the parrot opcode syntax tree
 pir   = the parrot intermediate representation
```

## PARROT OPTIONS

To specify options to the underlying parrot VM, you must explicitly run parrot; you cannot specify these options by using the `"perl6"` executable.

```
 parrot [parrot switches] perl6.pbc [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments]
```

See `"parrot --help"` for a list of valid parrot options.

## AUTHORS

Written by the NQP contributors, see the CREDITS file.

This manual page was written by Alessandro Ghedini for the Debian project, and may be used by others.