tldr/pages/common/erl.md

erl

Run and manage programs in the Erlang programming language.

• Compile and run sequential Erlang program as a common script and then exit:

erlc {{files}} && erl -noshell '{{mymodule:myfunction(arguments)}}, init:stop().'

• Connect to a running Erlang node:

erl -remsh {{nodename}}@{{hostname}} -sname {{custom_shortname}} -hidden -setcookie {{cookie_of_remote_node}}

• Tell the Erlang shell to load modules from a directory:

erl -pa {{directory_with_beam_files}}