NAME

       octave-cli - A high-level interactive language for numerical computations.

SYNOPSIS

       octave-cli [options]... [file]

DESCRIPTION

       Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations.  It provides a convenient
       command  line  interface  for  solving  linear  and  nonlinear problems numerically.  octave-cli has been
       compiled without any GUI support (Qt) which makes it smaller than the default octave executable, but also
       limits it to providing just the command line interface (CLI).

OPTIONS

       The complete set of command-line options for octave-cli is available by  running  the  following  command
       from the shell.

           octave-cli --help

DOCUMENTATION

       The primary documentation for Octave is written using Texinfo, the GNU documentation system, which allows
       the same source files to be used to produce online and printed versions of the manual.

       You  can  read  the  online copy of the Octave documentation by issuing the following command from within
       Octave.

           octave:1> doc

       The Info files may also be read with a stand-alone program such as info or xinfo.  HTML,  Postscript,  or
       PDF versions of the documentation are installed on many systems as well.

BUGS

       The  Octave  project  maintains  a  bug tracker at https://bugs.octave.org.  Before submitting a new item
       please read the instructions at https://www.octave.org/bugs.html on how to submit a useful report.

FILES

       Upon startup Octave looks for four initialization files.  Each file  may  contain  any  number  of  valid
       Octave commands.

       octave-home/share/octave/site/m/startup/octaverc
              Site-wide  initialization  file which changes options for all users.  octave-home is the directory
              where Octave was installed such as /usr/local.

       octave-home/share/octave/version/m/startup/octaverc
              Site-wide initialization file for Octave version version.

       ~/.octaverc
              User's personal initialization file.

       .octaverc
              Project-specific initialization file located in the current directory.

AUTHOR

       John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>

SEE ALSO

       octave (1)

GNU Octave                                       03 January 2014                                   OCTAVE-CLI(1)