bb Command Examples

Native Clojure interpreter for scripting. More information: https://book.babashka.org/#usage.

• [e]valuate an expression:

bb -e "(+ 1 2 3)"

• Evaluate a script [f]ile:

bb -f {{path/to/script.clj}}

• Bind [i]nput to a sequence of lines from stdin:

printf "first\nsecond" | bb -i "(map clojure.string/capitalize *input*)"

• Bind [I]nput to a sequence of EDN (Extensible Data Notation) values from stdin:

echo "{:key 'val}" | bb -I "(:key (first *input*))"