elm: how get just one line with the elm version?

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How get just one line with the elm version ?

For now I get this:

$ elm-make --version
elm-make 0.17 (Elm Platform 0.17.0)

Usage: elm-make [FILES...] [--output FILE] [--yes] [--report FORMAT] [--warn]
                [--docs FILE] [--prepublish] [--prepublish-core]
  build Elm projects

Available options:
  -h,--help                Show this help text
  --output FILE            Write result to the given .html or .js FILE.
  --yes                    Reply 'yes' to all automated prompts.
  --report FORMAT          Format of error and warning reports (e.g.
                           --report=json)
  --warn                   Report warnings to improve code quality.
  --docs FILE              Write documentation to FILE as JSON.

Examples:
  elm-make Main.elm                     # compile to HTML in index.html
  elm-make Main.elm --output main.html  # compile to HTML in main.html
  elm-make Main.elm --output elm.js     # compile to JS in elm.js
  elm-make Main.elm --warn              # compile and report warnings

Full guide to using elm-make at <https://github.com/elm-lang/elm-make>
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score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '16 at 20:11

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Two of the other tools in the Elm Platform print just the version (at least for me on OSX Elm 0.17.0):

% elm reactor --version
0.17.0
% elm repl --version
0.17.0

answered Jun 01 '16 at 20:11

robertjlooby

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '16 at 07:34

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elm-make --version 2>&1 | head -n 1

Not sure if the redirection is strictly necessary; some tools simply print to stdout in this scenario.

answered May 28 '16 at 07:34

tripleee

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 16 '18 at 10:28

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As of version 0.18.0, the plain elm tool works:

$ elm --version
0.18.0

answered Aug 16 '18 at 10:28

robx

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elm: how get just one line with the elm version?

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