I'm using the most recent version. I just called it ijx because that's what
the intro book I was reading called it (it was either Learning J or the
Primer). Thanks for the help.

Kevin Wang

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 6:39 PM Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote:

> For quick and dirty execution of a J phrase from the command line, you can
> use the "-js" option.  So, if I want to time the inversion of a 1000 x 1000
> matrix in J, I could enter this on the command line:
> e:/Users/DevonMcC/j64-807/bin/jconsole -js "2!:55'' [ smoutput 6!:2 '%.mat'
> [ mat=. <:+:1000 1000?@$0"
> The " 2!:55 '' " logs off the session after it outputs (smoutput) the
> timing (6!:2) of the expression to invert the matrix "mat".
>
> Note that changing the directory in such a command-line string only affects
> the J session, not the calling session, so, from my command line:
> [Wed 03/27/2019 | 18:34:20.13 | E:\amisc\logs]
> >e:/Users/DevonMcC/j64-807/bin/jconsole -js "2!:55'' [ smoutput 1!:43 '' [
> 1!:44 'C:/Temp'"
> e:/Users/DevonMcC/j64-807/bin/jconsole -js "2!:55'' [ smoutput 1!:43 '' [
> 1!:44 'C:/Temp'"
> C:\Temp
>
> [Wed 03/27/2019 | 18:34:45.08 | E:\amisc\logs]
> >
> Here I changed to "C:/Temp", showed that's my current directory, then
> exited; you can see from my prompt that I remain in the original calling
> directory after the J expression finished.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 5:49 PM bill lam <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > strange that you mentioned ijx, which version of J are you using?
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 5:25 AM Kevin Wang <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I am new to J and am trying to figure out how to find the directory my
> > ijx
> > > is running in and how to change it. I have looked in the Foreigns vocab
> > > section and thought it would be better to ask now instead of scrambling
> > all
> > > over the wiki.
> > >
> > > Also, how can I run an ijs script file from the command line, either a
> > > Windows command prompt or a Bash terminal?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Kevin Wang
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>
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