you can use emacs lisp as a command line script just like Ruby, Python, Perl.

Emacs Lisp: Getting Command Line Arguments

ergoemacs.org 18 Feb '13, 6pm

Argument from the command line is stored in the built-in elisp variable “argv”. Its value is a list. Each element is a item from the command line.

@dvrensk » 19 Feb '13, 12pm
RT @ErgoEmacs: you can use emacs lisp as a command line script just like Ruby, Python, Perl. [link] < Could, but should you?
@xah_lee » 18 Feb '13, 6pm
RT @ErgoEmacs: you can use emacs lisp as a command line script just like Ruby, Python, Perl. [link]
@ErgoEmacs » 18 Feb '13, 6pm
you can use emacs lisp as a command line script just like Ruby, Python, Perl. [link]
@ErgoEmacs » 19 Feb '13, 6am
you can use emacs lisp as a command line script just like Ruby, Python, Perl. [link] .
@melissawm » 18 Feb '13, 6pm
RT @ErgoEmacs: you can use emacs lisp as a command line script just like Ruby, Python, Perl. [link]