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root(1) 		     General Commands Manual			 root(1)

SYNOPSIS
     usage: root [-b B] [-x X] [-e E] [-n N] [-t T] [-q Q] [-l L] [-a A]
		 [-config CONFIG] [-h HELP] [--version VERSION]
		 [--notebook NOTEBOOK] [--web WEB] [--web=<type> WEB=<TYPE>]
		 [--web=off WEB=OFF]
		 [dir] [data1.root...dataN.root] [file1.C...fileN.C]
		 [file1_C.so...fileN_C.so] [anyfile1..anyfileN]

DESCRIPTION
     root  is  an  interactive	interpreter of C++ code using Cling and the ROOT
     framework.    For	 more	information   on   ROOT,   please    refer    to
     https://root.cern/ An extensive Users Guide and API Reference are available
     from that website.

OPTIONS
     -b     Run in batch mode without graphics

     -x     Exit on exceptions

     -e     Execute the command passed between single quotes

     -n     Do not execute logon and logoff macros as specified in .rootrc

     -t     Enable thread-safety and implicit multi-threading (IMT)

     -q     Exit after processing command line macro files

     -l     Do not show the ROOT banner

     -a     Show the ROOT splash screen (Windows only)

     -configprint ./configure options

     -h     Show summary of options

     --version
	    Show the ROOT version

     --notebook
	    Execute ROOT notebook

     --web  Use web-based display for graphics, browser, geometry

     --web=<type>
	    Use the specified web-based display such as chrome, firefox, qt6

	    For more options see the documentation of TROOT::SetWebDisplay()

     --web=off
	    Disable any kind of web-based display

     [dir]  if dir is a valid directory cd to it before executing

     [data1.root...dataN.root]
	    Open  the  given  ROOT files; remote protocols (such as http://) are
	    supported

     [file1.C...fileN.C]
	    Execute the ROOT macro file1.C ... fileN.C

	    Compilation flags as well as macro arguments can be passed, see for-
	    mat in https://root.cern/manual/root_macros_and_shared_libraries/

     [file1_C.so...fileN_C.so]
	    Load and execute file1_C.so ... fileN_C.so (or .dll if on Windows)

	    They should be already-compiled ROOT macros (shared libraries) or:

	    regular user shared libraries e.g. userlib.so with a function  user-
	    lib(args)

     [anyfile1..anyfileN]
	    All  other	arguments  pointing to existing files will be checked to
	    see if they are ROOT Files (checking the MIME type inside the  file)
	    and if they are not they will be handled as a  ROOT macro file

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