QEXO(1)

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💖 QEXO(1) — the General Commands Manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the man page for qexo, from the General Commands Manual section 1. buckle up, it's short and sweet and kind of iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

qexo — the XQuery language implemented on a Java VM. yes that's the whole name section, she's concise 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

qexo [options]
java kawa.repl --xquery [options]

like, two ways in, both valid, pick your fighter 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this manual page is a lil quick rundown of the qexo package — an XQuery implementation written completely in the Java language. and the way that XQuery expressions get compiled into Java bytecodes for efficiency? we love an optimized queen. 👑

XQuery is a new language designed for querying, manipulating, and generating XML and similar data sets. it's giving data-wrangling main character energy fr fr.

fun fact: using the qexo script is equivalent to invoking an interpreter of the Java language on the kawa.repl class and specifying the --xquery option. same thing, different outfit ✨

lowkey important: this manual page is just a quick synopsis. for more info, see the links down in SEE ALSO, bestie — that's where the real tea is.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -e expression — evaluate the expression. just do it, right now, go off.
  • -c expression — evaluate the expression, but it does not cause the start-up file ~/.kawarc.scm to be read. so like, same as -e but skipping the lil pregame ritual 🙈
  • -f filename — read and evaluate XQuery expressions from the filename. feed her the file, she'll handle it.
  • -s — enter an interactive read-evaluate-print command loop. hi bestie, welcome to the REPL, we're chatting now 💬
  • -w — enter an interactive read-evaluate-print in a new top-level window. same vibe, but she gets her own window. window queen behavior.
  • -C filename — compile filename to one or more Java class files. see the Kawa manual for details. (that's the receipts, go check them 👀)

and if you specify no options at all, it's equivalent to -s. default is the interactive loop, no cap.

also: GNU readline(3) can normally be used to edit commands. so your arrow keys and history are gonna work, you're welcome 🌈

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • /usr/bin/qexo — the qexo executable just invokes kawa(1) with the --xquery option. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic honestly.
  • ~/.kawarc.scm — commands that are executed when qexo (or kawa) is started. the lil startup ritual, the morning routine ✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Per Bothner <per@bothner.com>. thank you for your service, king 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

and that's the whole thing!! this was QEXO(1) from the General Commands Manual — go forth and query some XML, bestie, you're literally gonna slay 💖✨🎀🦋🌸

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