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=<browser> WEB=<BROWSER>]
            [dir] [file:data.root] [file1.C...fileN.C]

DESCRIPTION
ROOTs Object-Oriented Technologies. root is an interactive interpreter of C++ code. It uses the ROOT framework. For more information on ROOT, please refer to An extensive Users Guide is available from that site (see below).

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

-config
    print ./configure options

-h -? --help
    Show summary of options

--version
    Show the ROOT version

--notebook
    Execute ROOT notebook

--web
    Display graphics in a default web browser

--web=<browser>
    Display graphics in specified web browser

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

[file:data.root]
    Open the ROOT file data.root

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