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For questions about Wolfram Language Scripts (formerly known as Mathematica Script), or running the kernel without direct user interaction.

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math.exe vs wolfram.exe vs MathKernel.exe vs WolframKernel.exe (running scripts on Windows)

I generally consider Mma documentation very good. However, it is startlingly difficult to find useful information on running Mma batch scripts, especially on Windows. So ... just what would I enter is the Wolfram documentation search dialog to…
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What is the difference between Wolfram Script and Wolfram Engine?

I don't understand the difference between these products: Wolfram Script Wolfram Engine Would someone help me understand what these are? And how it differs from just using Mathematica in the terminal.
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Line by line processing with a WolframScript

I am having some difficulty understanding the correct syntax to enable a line by line processing of a file using a WolframScript. What I would like to do to mimic this simple python pipe in Mathematica. Take a python file…
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Difference between math and wolframscript

It seems that both math and wolframscript can be used to run Mathematica scripts on the command line. Which one I should use, are they cross-compatible and what are the differences?
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Saving a source file adds (* ::Package:: *) to the first line

I am running Mathematica 9 on a linux machine and I've encountered the following behaviour that I am trying to understand. When I'm editing multiple source (.m) files using mathematica saving adds a new line which reads (* ::Package:: *) at the…
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Detect if running in a script

Is there a reliable way to detect if the current code is running within a script? Note that there are multiple ways to run a script, such as wolframscript -file file.m wolframscript -script file.m math -script file.m One might add math < file.m,…
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Executing Mathematica code via Notepad++

I wonder if there is a way to execute Mathematica code via Notepad++. After some searching on the web, I found that there is a user-defined language that supports Mathematica highlighting, but there are no instructions on how to execute Mathematica…
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Passing negative parameters to a wolframscript

How do you pass negative values as input for a wolframscript? This documentation page explains that the syntax for passing parameters is: wolframscript -file filename.m 1 2 3 output.txt However it seems it doesn't work with negative parameters,…
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Lisp Interpreter

What is the cleanest way to build a lisp interpreter inside Mathematica. I'm not looking for all the functions to be implemented but instead just the basic syntax.
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How to automate Mathematica scripts? - I

I would like to use the Windows Task Scheduler, or Visual Cron, to start a Mathematica notebook or .m file to do some system maintenance tasks: copy files from one place to another, etc. How do I set up the notebook/file so it will execute when…
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Stop a script. Just stop it

How can I stop a mathematica script? Abort[] does not stop the script, just jump over a number of lines and proceed with next lines of calculations. Also, killing the kernel seems not good idea. All I want is C++ exit(0); or Java's…
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FrontEndObject::notavail: error when using math

I am new to mathematica script and thus I don't know whether this generated error is natural or not. When I write a command such as echo "3" | math in the terminal. The output generates Mathematica 10.0 for Linux x86 (32-bit) Copyright 1988-2014…
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Run .m file in terminal

I have the following .m file (* ::Package:: *) (* ::Input:: *) (*out=1+1;*) (*Print["Test"];*) (*Export["/path/test.txt",out];*) and I am trying to run it in the terminal with math -run -nomprompt < name.m but it doesn't work. I have changed the…
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Why is .mn file being generated?

I am running a Mathematica code inside a shell script, using math -script .m. But after the script finish its run, I get a duplicate (or backup?) file .mn . Why is such a file being generated? Is there a way to prevent that?
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How to get information during evaluation of a Mathematica script?

I have a Mathematica script table=ParallelTable[f[u],{u,0,40,.5}] Export["filename.csv",table] that computes and exports a table of a rather complicated function f. I execute it using the "math -script table.m&" command. As it takes a very long…
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