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.TH jsc 1 "Jan 21, 2014"
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.SH NAME
jsc \- command-line JavaScript interpreter.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B jsc
.RI [ options ]
.RI [ files ]
.RI [ \-\-\ arguments ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B jsc
command.
.PP
\fBjsc\fP is a command-line utility that allows you to run JavaScript
programs outside of the context of a web browser. It is primarily used
as part of the test harness for validating the JavaScript portions of
WebKit, but can also be used as a scripting tool.
.PP
\fBjsc\fP can be run in an interactive mode to test out JavaScript
expressions, or it can be passed one or more files to run similar to
invoking a Perl or Python script.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-e
Evaluate argument as script code.
.TP
.B \-f
Specifies a source file (deprecated).
.TP
.B \-h,\ \-\-help
Shows summary of command-line options.
.TP
.B \-i
Enables interactive mode (default if no files are specified).
.TP
.BI \-p " file"
Outputs profiling data to a file.
.TP
.B \-s
Installs signal handlers that exit on a crash.
.TP
.B \-x
Output exit code before terminating.
.TP
.B \--options
Dumps all JSC VM options and exits.
.TP
.B \-\-dumpOptions
Dumps all JSC VM options before continuing.
.TP
.B \-\-<jsc VM option>=<value>
Sets the specified JSC VM option.
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Alberto Garcia <berto@igalia.com>,
based on the contents of \fIhttp://trac.webkit.org/wiki/JSC\fP.