Kotlin at the Command Line

This lesson demonstrates examples of how to use Kotlin commands at the command line, including kotlinc.

Compiling a Kotlin file

$ kotlinc Hello.kt

That command creates a file named HelloKt.class.

Compiling to an executable Jar file

Compiling to an executable Jar file:

$ kotlinc Hello.kt -include-runtime -d Hello.jar

Then execute the jar file with this java command:

$ java -jar Hello.jar
Hello, world