running nashorn using Shebang does not accept -cp option

I am trying to use a class into a jar using a Nashorn Shebang script with the -cp option (java version "1.8.0_31"). However it does not works. I have perform some test. The following shebang line works:

#!/usr/bin/jjs -scripting
#!/usr/bin/jjs -fv (returns nashorn full version 1.8.0_31-b13)

while the following not:

#!/usr/bin/jjs -cp ./some/lib/lib.jar will return the following error message: "-cp ./some/lib/lib.jar" is not a recognized option.
#!/usr/bin/jjs -scripting -fv will return the error message: "-scripting -fv" is not a recognized option. Use "-h" or "-help" to see a list of all supported options"

All options are theoretically valid. The classpath option should also works as seen on http://www.adam-bien.com/roller/abien/entry/setting_the_classpath_for_nashorn . More info about nashorn and Shebang: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/scripting/nashorn/shell.html#CHDEGHJJ

Solution

You ran into an issue which doesn’t have anything to do with Nashorn nor Java. According to this answer the command line argument handling with shebang never was clearly specified and it seems to be a common behavior to treat everything encountered after the first white-space as one single argument.

So one solution would be to write a shell script containing an invocation of jjs with the actual arguments and use that shell script as the interpreter in the shebang line of your Nashorn script.