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I have searched far and wide for this but I cannot seem to find it. Is there any way to execute a Lua script via double clicking it (to execute it in Lua (Command Line)) and keep it open after execution?

For example:

print("Hello World")

This code compiles and runs, however if I double click on hello.luait runs and closes immediately without leaving my text on screen. I want something more like this, but without having to go to Command Prompt, changing directory a bunch of times, typing lua file.lua, etc.:

Command Prompt

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Search windows registry for invocation string on double-clicking .lua-file and change it to something like cmd.exe /K lua.exe "%1" – Egor Skriptunoff Jun 12 '13 at 18:44
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The easiest way would be to just add a 'pause' at the end of your script:

print 'Hello World'
os.execute 'pause'
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This is exactly what I needed! Thanks! – MrHappyAsthma Jun 12 '13 at 18:38
    
Keep in mind that this solution is not cross-platform. pause does not exist in every shell. – dualed Jun 13 '13 at 0:14
    
Good to know! Luckily I'm working on Windows XP so its a perfect solution. – MrHappyAsthma Jun 13 '13 at 13:06
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Add io.read() at the end of your script.

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