[GROOVY-6754] groovysh positional argument terminates groovysh after evaluation

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.0-beta-1
• Component/s: Groovysh
• Assignee: Pascal Schumacher
• Reporter: Thibault Kruse
• Created: 03/May/14 10:29
• Updated: 07/Feb/16 22:52
• Resolved: 13/May/14 15:30

Description

groovy can be invoked passing a script via the -e param, e.g.

$ groovy -e 'print 1+1'
2

groovy can also run a script file that is passed as positional argument:

$ groovy foo.groovy
Hello World

For some reason, groovysh has no -e option, but allos passing a script as positional argument. However, when passing this, groovysh evaluates and then shuts down, seemingly without benefit over the groovy -e command.

Also see this discussion (from 2010): http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble.com/groovy-equivalent-to-quot-python-i-lt-script-py-gt-quot-td372587.html

So i suggest to make groovysh parameters consistent with the groovy command, but that groovysh does not terminate after evaluation.