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tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# nim
> The Nim compiler.
> Process, compile, and link Nim language source files.
> More information: <https://nim-lang.org/docs/nimc.html>.
- Compile a source file:
`nim {{[c|compile]}} {{path/to/file.nim}}`
- Compile and run a source file:
`nim {{[c|compile]}} {{[-r|--run]}} {{path/to/file.nim}}`
- Compile a source file with release optimizations enabled:
`nim {{[c|compile]}} {{[-d|--define]}}:release {{path/to/file.nim}}`
- Build a release binary optimized for low file size:
`nim {{[c|compile]}} {{[-d|--define]}}:release --opt:size {{path/to/file.nim}}`
- Generate HTML documentation for a module (output will be placed in the current directory):
`nim doc {{path/to/file.nim}}`
- Check a file for syntax and semantics:
`nim check {{path/to/file.nim}}`