Running Lua scripts
We can use the Lua source file to interpret and run the scripts. So the Lua command can take in a few parameters and one of which is a source file to run.
lua <file_name>.lua
So, passing the name of the script will run the code and display the output if any.
So, this was the installation and a basic overview of the Lua programming language.
How to Install and Setup Lua in Linux
Lua is a programming language that is used for scripting, embedded applications, as well as for quite other technologies including plugins and text editors. Lua is a lightweight and open-source programming language it has been used in game development engines like Love 2D cocos2D, text editors like Neovim, desktop applications like MySQL workbench, WireShark, etc. It is quite easy to learn and start with Lua, so in this article, we will install Lua on a Linux machine.
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