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Is there a command line interpreter for Free Pascal?

E.g., one I could use by adding a shebang to my Pascal files:

#!/usr/bin/env fpi
Solution

  • There's instantfpc at fpc's svn trunk: http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/trunk/utils/instantfpc/

    Here's the README:

    instantfpc
==========

This tool allows to execute pascal programs as unix scripts.
A unix script starts with a shebang #! and the program to execute. For example

#!/usr/bin/env instantfpc
begin
  writeln('It works');
end.

If you save the above file as test.pas and set the execute permission
(chmod a+x) you can execute the script simply with
./test.pas


Installation
============

1. Compile instantfpc.lpi using lazarus, lazbuild or via "fpc instantfpc.lpr"
2. Put the executable "instantfpc" in PATH, for example into
   /usr/bin/instantfpc or ~/bin/instantfpc.

That's all.
Now you can execute pascal programs as scripts.