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Re: exit octave after --eval CODE ?


From: Andy Buckle
Subject: Re: exit octave after --eval CODE ?
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:23:33 +0000

On 16 January 2012 18:01, Muhali <address@hidden> wrote:
> The help on command line options has
>
> `--eval CODE'
>     Evaluate CODE and exit when done unless `--persist' is also
>     specified.
>
> but octave does not exit when invoked with a script file, such as
> ------
> # foo.m
> disp(e) ;
> ------
>
> %> octave -q --eval 'x=1;' foo.m
> %>  2.72
> %>
>
> I suggest a phrase like 'and exit if FILE is empty' as help text.
>
> M.

mingw Octave 3.2.4 _did_ exit when I tried your example.

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