How to use quicklisp when CL program is invoked as a shell script?

Question

I am currently have a small program in Common Lisp, which I want to run as a shell script. I am using the SBCL and perfectly fine with this so will prefer to stay on this platfo

Answer 1

You are doing everything right.

Basically, before you can use quicklisp, you need to load it (currently, it's not bundled with SBCL, although it may change in the future). There are various ways to do it. For example, you can load your .sbclrc with the quicklisp init:

#!/usr/bin/sbcl --script
(load ".sbclrc")
(load "my-program.lisp")
(in-package :my-package)
(my-main-method)

or just paste those lines in your script, like you have suggested.