escript可以直接执行erl源码
$ cat factorial #!/usr/bin/env escript %% -*- erlang -*-
%%! -smp enable -sname factorial -mnesia debug verbose
main([String]) ->
try
N = list_to_integer(String),
F = fac(N),
io:format("factorial ~w = ~w\n", [N,F])
catch
_:_ ->
usage()
end;
main(_) ->
usage().
usage() ->
io:format("usage: factorial integer\n"),
halt(1).
fac(0) -> 1;
fac(N) -> N * fac(N-1).
?
$ factorial 5
factorial 5 = 120
$ factorial
usage: factorial integer
$ factorial five
usage: factorial integer