---
name: "nqp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nqp"
version: "2024.09+dfsg-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nqp"
---

# nqp(1)

Not Quite Perl Compiler

## NAME

nqp-m - Not Quite Perl Compiler

## SYNOPSIS

```
 nqp-m [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.

```
  -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
  --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-exception       display a low level backtrace on errors
```

Note that only boolean single-letter options may be bundled

## MOARVM OPTIONS

To specify options to the underlying MoarVM virtual machine, you must explicitly run `"moar"`; you cannot specify these options by using the `"perl6"` executable.

```
 moar [--crash] [--libpath=...] input.moarvm [program args]
```

See `"moar --help"` for a list of valid MoarVM 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.