Elvish

elvish

Friendly and expressive shell

Runs as elvish|macOS, Linux, Windows|elv.sh

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 4 tasks · 6 fields

Run an Elvish script file or a single code chunk non-interactively, or check it without executing. Daemon, language-server and logging flags are not covered.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui elvish

Run an Elvish scriptExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Script file or code*

string

Script arguments

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Run a script file

scriptargs

Check a script without running it

compile_onlyscript

Run a code chunk

codescript

Try an interactive config

rc

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Run as code

Treat the script argument as code to execute instead of a filename.
boolean

-c

Check only

Parse and compile without executing.
boolean

-compileonly

Script file or code

string · positional 0

Script arguments

Available to the script as $args.
string · positional 1 · repeatable

Skip RC file

Only applies when starting an interactive shell, so leave Script empty.
boolean

-norc

RC file

Only applies when starting an interactive shell, so leave Script empty.
path

-rc

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

manual

If the `-c` flag is given, the first argument is executed as a single code chunk. If the `-c` flag is not given, the first argument is taken as a filename, and the content of the file is executed as a single code chunk. The remaining arguments are put in `$args`. - `-c`: Treat the first argument as code to execute, instead of name of file to execute. - `…

manual2026-10-27

elv.sh

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed elvish against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.