SNEK(1)

📦 version 1.13, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 SNEK(1) — the snek manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the snek page from the General Commands Manual, section 1. it's giving "tiny snake, huge brain" and honestly? we're obsessed. 🐍✨

✨ NAME ✨

snek — the Snek Programming Language. no cap, that's the whole name. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

snek [--version|-v] [--help|-?] [--interactive|-i] [program.py]

look at her. compact. iconic. she contains multitudes. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: snek is a small Python-derivative — like, Python's baby cousin who's tiny and adorable — and it's built to be suitable for embedded computers. 🧚

and this particular version? this is the host version. she's not here to run on a microcontroller, she's here to help you test the Snek system and applications on larger machines. basically she's the big-sister build that lives on your laptop so you can vibe-check your snek code before it goes anywhere tiny. main character energy fr fr. 👑

🌸 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS 🌸

  • --version or -v — reports the version number</> to stdout, and then she dips. exits immediately. no small talk. 💅
  • --help or -? — prints the usage information to stdout, then exits. she's helpful AND she leaves. the dream. 🎀
  • --interactive or -i — okay so if you gave her a program on the command line, this makes her enter interactive mode after executing that program. she runs your code and then she stays to hang out. 🥰

⭐ USAGE ⭐

when a program is specified on the command line, snek runs it. then — and this is the important part, bestie — if the --interactive flag is passed, she enters interactive mode after that. otherwise? she exits. bye. 🫡

and when no program is specified on the command line at all? she just goes straight into interactive mode. straight in. no program needed. she's ready to chat. 💬✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Keith Packard 💜 — yes, that Keith Packard. we stan. 🙌

lowkey important: snek is a Python-derivative, so she feels familiar, but she is small and aimed at embedded computers. don't expect the whole Python universe to be in there, bestie. 🐍

and that's the page!! this whole thing lives in the snek manual under SNEK(1) — that's the source, that's the section, that's the vibe. periodt. 🎀💖✨🌈🦋🌸

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