tldr/pages/common/erl.md

erl

Run and manage programs in the Erlang programming language. More information: https://www.erlang.org.

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

erlc {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} && 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 {{path/to/directory_with_beam_files}}