How to compile .sol file from the command-line?

Question

How do I compile a solidity file (e.g. 05_greeter.sol) from the command-line into bytecode?

Without using IDE such as Mix.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 13:01:02Z

Instructions are well documented here, the steps would be

Make sure solidity is recognised by your geth installation eth.compile.solidity("")
Let us take this simple contract source: source = "contract test { function multiply(uint a) returns(uint d) { return a * 7; } }"
Compile it contract = eth.compile.solidity(source).test
Deploy it

See How to load Solidity source file into geth. Or you can use tools like Truffle to deploy it. In truffle you can create a contract and deploy it via commands.

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