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Expand Up @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ If you haven't yet installed Elixir, visit our [installation page](/install.html

When you install Elixir, you will have three new executables: `iex`, `elixir` and `elixirc`. If you compiled Elixir from source or are using a packaged version, you can find these inside the `bin` directory.

For now, let's start by running `iex` (or `iex.bat` if you are on Windows) which stands for Interactive Elixir. In interactive mode, we can type any Elixir expression and get its result. Let's warm up with some basic expressions.
For now, let's start by running `iex` (or `iex.bat` if you are on Windows PowerShell, where `iex` is a PowerShell command) which stands for Interactive Elixir. In interactive mode, we can type any Elixir expression and get its result. Let's warm up with some basic expressions.

Open up `iex` and type the following expressions:

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It seems we are ready to go! We will use the interactive shell quite a lot in the next chapters to get a bit more familiar with the language constructs and basic types, starting in the next chapter.

> Note: if you are on Windows, you can also try `iex.bat --werl` which may provide a better experience depending on which console you are using.
> Note: if you are on Windows, you can also try `iex --werl` (`iex.bat --werl` on PowerShell) which may provide a better experience depending on which console you are using.

> Note: if you want to find and execute a given script in PATH so it will be loaded in `iex` use: `iex -S SCRIPTNAME`. Later you'll learn about [Mix](/getting-started/mix-otp/introduction-to-mix.html), Elixir's build tool, and how you can compile and load entire applications with `iex -S mix run`. See [Supervisor and application](/getting-started/mix-otp/supervisor-and-application.html) for more details.

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