luac:tldr:6c5ba

luac: Compile a Lua source file to Lua bytecode.

luac

$ luac -o ${byte_code-luac} ${source-lua}

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This command is a usage of the "luac" tool, which is a Lua compiler. It takes two arguments:

${byte_code-luac}: This is a placeholder for the desired output file path for the compiled Lua bytecode. The actual value for this placeholder needs to be provided when running the command. The resulting compiled bytecode will be saved in this file.
${source-lua}: This is a placeholder for the path to the Lua source file that needs to be compiled. Similar to the previous placeholder, the actual path to the Lua source file needs to be provided when executing the command.

So, when the command is executed with the correct values for the placeholders, it will compile the specified Lua source file and save the resulting bytecode in the specified output file.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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