#!/home/ml/313/bin/escript

%%%
%%% all command line arguments are passed to "main" in one list
%%% here I only accept one argument: the file name.
%%%
%%% erlang:halt stops all processes and quits.
%%%
%%% make sure to make your script "executable": chmod +x echo.erl
%%%
%%% this is a simple echo command like the Unix builtin, but prints each arg on a separate line 
%%%

main( Args ) ->
    lists:foreach( fun(A) -> io:format("~p~n", [A]) end,  Args),
    erlang:halt().