Elisp: Run Elisp Script in Terminal

Run Emacs Lisp Script in Shell

to run emacs lisp script in shell (terminal), use the --script option.

emacs --script myfile.el

;; -*- coding: utf-8; lexical-binding: t; -*-

;; save this file as myfile.el
;; run it in terminal, like this
;; emacs --script myfile.el

(message "Hi. Today is %s"
         (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d"))

Prepare Emacs Lisp Script to Run in Batch Mode

make sure your elisp file is:

• Self-contained. Independ from anything in your emacs init file.
• Explicitly load all libraries it needs (using require or load). see Elisp: provide, require, features • Elisp: load, load-file, autoload
• Has necessary load path set in the script (e.g. (add-to-list 'load-path lib_path)) if it needs libs that's not part of standard GNU emacs install.