eja(1)

🎀 eja(1) — General Commands Manual 🎀

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about eja ✨ it lives in section 1 of the General Commands Manual, and it's literally the most "small but does everything" energy on your whole system. no cap. 🦋

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💖 NAME 💖

eja — micro web server 🌸

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

eja [SCRIPT] [OPTION]...

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

bestie, eja is giving ✨multitasking icon✨. you can use it as a micro web server for static and dynamically generated content, OR as a text scanner that uses Lua pattern matching syntax, OR as a standalone Lua interpreter. three whole personalities. main character energy fr fr 💅

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

one bullet per option, zero skips, we keep every single one because we respect the source material 🫶

• --shell — launch an interactive shell. it's giving "let me talk to you directly" 💬
• --update library — if library is specified, install or update it; otherwise update eja itself to the latest version. glow-up mode activated ✨
• --export file — export file to eja portable bytecode. packing it up for the road 🎀
• --log-file file — log data to file, default: stderr. your receipts, but saved 💜
• --log-level 0..5 — level can be from 0 (no log) to 5 (trace). choose your yapping volume 🔥
• --scan script — if script is present, load it as the scanning script using R as full row content and F as matching array elements. otherwise it just prints only matching pattern content. no script? no problem, just the hits 💅
• --scan-file file — scanning input file, default: stdin. where the tea comes from 🍓
• --scan-pattern pattern — set a valid Lua pattern as fields separator, default: %S+. this is the "where do I cut" setting ✂️
• --scan-record pattern — set a valid Lua pattern as record separator, default: \n. this is the "where does one row end" setting 📏
• --web-start — start a new web server in background. it's alive, it's serving, it's not even in your way 🌐
• --web-stop port — stop the web server running on specified port, default 35248. bye bestie 👋
• --web-host IP — bind web server to specified IP, default all available. pick your address, or let it take the whole couch 🛋️
• --web-port value — run the web server port on specified value, default 35248. the sacred number 🧚
• --web-path path — web content path, default /var/web. where your gorgeous little files live 📁
• --web-size value — set web server buffer size, default 8192. how big the sips are 🥤
• --web-user — add a new web server user. new friend unlocked 🫂
• --help — display help information. when in doubt, ask 💖

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💀 SEE ALSO 💀

lua(1), awk(1)

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🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

Ubaldo Porcheddu (ubaldo@eja.it) — the one who built this whole vibe, we stan 🫶✨

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okay that's the whole page, and a little sign-off from me to you: this was the eja(1) page from the General Commands Manual, footer and all — same eja(1), same section 1, same everything, just with way more sparkle 💖 go forth and serve some micro web content, bestie. periodt. 💅🎀