How to pass arguments to the kotlin command line? ...

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[Jakub Aniola]

How to pass arguments to the kotlin command line? I cannot find example (https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/command-line.html)
Same as in Java:
java exampleClass 5000
java exampleClass 0 < input.txt

[karelpeeters]

The Kotlin compiles creates a jar, and you can just run that jar like you'd run any other Java jar.

[Jakub Aniola]

So there is no possibility to execute it like Java?

[Robert Jaros]

@Jakub Aniola The kotlin runtime is needed to run kotlin application. Probably you could run it with simple "java" command, but you would have to specify a long classpath.

[karelpeeters]

The link he's asking about says that's what -include-runtime is for.

[karelpeeters]

@Jakub Aniola You execute it exactly like you'd run Java, what do you mean?

[igor.wojda]

Have you seen this? https://kotlintutor.com/questions/run-kotlin-class-command-line/

[Jakub Aniola]

What I was thinking - can I compile it not to jar, just to class and then execute it with arguments? Without buidling to jar, like in the tutorial

[karelpeeters]

You can, but then you need to pass the kotlin stdlib in the classpath parameter, and that's more difficult.