Altera Quartus II Scripting - Manual (Page 129)

Chapter 2: Command-line Executables 2–103
Tcl Options
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--tcl_eval=<tcl command>
Option to evaluate the remaining command-line arguments as a Tcl command, posting the results to
stdout.
Any remaining arguments are not interpreted as an argument to the application, but treated as part of the
Tcl command itself.
This option does not allow other arguments to be specified before it.
In Linux, use a backslash '\' plus a semi-colon ';' to separate Tcl commands instead of using only a
semi-colon ';'. Example:
% quartus_sh --tcl_eval puts "Hello"\; puts "World"
% Hello
% World
In Windows platforms, using a semi-colon will suffice. Example:
% quartus_sh --tcl_eval puts "Hello"; puts "World"
% Hello
% World
Tcl
The Quartus II software offers three Tcl modes of operation: script, shell, and quick-eval.
Script Mode: The "-t <script file> | --script=<script file>" option evaluates a Tcl script.
See "--help=script" for more information.
Shell Mode: The "-s | --shell" option starts an interactive Tcl interpreter.
See "--help=shell" for more information.
Quick-Eval Mode: * The "--tcl_eval" option evaluates the remaining command line as Tcl commands.
See "--help=tcl_eval" for more information.
Other command-line options are not available with these Tcl modes.