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6 usage: root [-b B] [-x X] [-e E] [-n N] [-t T] [-q Q] [-l L] [-a A]
7 [-config CONFIG] [-h HELP] [--version VERSION]
8 [--notebook NOTEBOOK] [--web WEB] [--web=<browser>
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10 [dir] [data1.root...dataN.root] [file1.C...fileN.C]
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14 ROOTs Object-Oriented Technologies.
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16 root is an interactive interpreter of C++ code. It uses the ROOT
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19 An extensive Users Guide is available from that site (see below).
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23 -b Run in batch mode without graphics
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25 -x Exit on exceptions
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27 -e Execute the command passed between single quotes
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29 -n Do not execute logon and logoff macros as specified in .rootrc
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31 -t Enable thread-safety and implicit multi-threading (IMT)
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39 -config
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44 --version
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48 Execute ROOT notebook
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55 [dir] if dir is a valid directory cd to it before executing
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58 Open the given ROOT files; remote protocols (such as http://)
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