Mirror of forum.nim-lang.org

8693 :: Nim script file extension

• archnim (orginal) [2021-12-08T14:43:46+01:00] view original

  Hello world. Please is it possible to run a nim script without the extension ".nims" ? It is very usual, on linux, to use scripts without any extension as system commands.

---

• PMunch (orginal) [2021-12-08T14:55:50+01:00] view original

  Sure, just use a shebang like you normally would? I believe nim e is what you need to execute a nimscript file. Alternatively you can of course use something like `nimcr` to run normal Nim programs as scripts.

---

• cblake (orginal) [2021-12-08T14:56:37+01:00] view original

  This works (if you chmod +x):

  #!/usr/bin/nim e
  echo 1
  Run

  Tested on devel but probably works for a while.

---

• archnim (orginal) [2021-12-08T15:20:29+01:00] view original

  ~  cat myscript echo "hello" ~  nim e myscript Hint: used config file '/etc/nim/nim.cfg' [Conf] Hint: used config file '/etc/nim/config.nims' [Conf] Error: not a NimScript file: /home/tim/myscript ~  mv myscript myscript.nims ~  nim e myscript.nims Hint: used config file '/etc/nim/nim.cfg' [Conf] Hint: used config file '/etc/nim/config.nims' [Conf] hello

  Run

---

• archnim (orginal) [2021-12-08T15:23:28+01:00] view original

  When I try to run nim e myscript, it says "Not a nimscript file". It only works when I rename the file with the ".nims" extension.

---

• cblake (orginal) [2021-12-08T16:11:43+01:00] view original

  You are probably using a version of nim older than nim-1.6. Maybe upgrading will work.

---

• archnim (orginal) [2021-12-08T16:49:19+01:00] view original

  Thank you very much. The upgrade fixed it.

---