Shorter Scala Script header

Question

It\'s possible to write shell scripts in Scala by starting a text file with:

#!/bin/sh
exec scala \"$0\" \"$@\"
!#

To ease script creation, I w

Answer 1

In Scala 2.11, you can do it as follows (exactly as with most other languages):

#!/usr/bin/env scala
println(args.mkString(" "))

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In Scala 2.9.0.1, you can simply create the following script:

test.scala

#!/usr/bin/scala
!#
println(args.mkString(" "))

and make it executable. (change the first line to path to your executable)

Usage:

# ./test.scala Hello world!
Hello world!