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Step 3: Make a Command-Line Executable

Step 3: Make a Command-Line Executable

Understand the details of executing the command line.

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Although we can run our code by calling the run function via mix, it isn’t friendly for other users. So, let’s create something we can run from the command line.

Update mix.exs file

Mix can package our code, along with its dependencies, into a single file that can be run on any Unix-based platform. This uses Erlang’s escript utility, which can run precompiled programs stored as a ZIP archive. In our case, the program ...