What is this?

This simple utility lets you write kotlin scripts in your IDE of choice, then run them from the terminal. Basically, it enables workflows like this:

cat somefile.txt | grep foo | ~/my-kotlin/script/run > output.txt

How to Use:

Create a new script

1. Clone this repository, write whatever script you want in Main.kt.
2. use the included run bash script, which will (behind the scenes) 3. Build your script into a jar 4. Run that jar 5. forward arguments and stdin given to run to your kotlin code

Or use with an existing repository

Just copy run into your own repository. It makes some assumptions, but can easily be modified.

Doesn't kscript exist already?

Yes, and it has many more features than this. But if you just want to write "regular" Kotlin, you don't want to mess around with wacky file annotations, and you want your scripts to be IntelliJ projects instead of just files, this approach might be for you.