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<span id="Invoking-Octave-from-the-Command-Line-1"></span><h3 class="section">2.1 Invoking Octave from the Command Line</h3>
<p>Normally, Octave is used interactively by running the program
‘<samp>octave</samp>’ without any arguments. Once started, Octave reads
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<p>You can also specify the name of a file on the command line, and Octave
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