Details about the ArangoDB Shell

    The shell will print its own version number and if successfully connectedto a server the version number of the ArangoDB server.

    Use to get a list of command-line options:

    1. unix> ./arangosh --help
    2. STANDARD options:
    3.   --audit-log <string>          audit log file to save commands and results to
    4.   --configuration <string>      read configuration file
    5.   --help                        help message
    6.   --max-upload-size <uint64>    maximum size of import chunks (in bytes) (default: 500000)
    7.   --no-auto-complete            disable auto completion
    8.   --no-colors                   deactivate color support
    9.   --pager <string>              output pager (default: "less -X -R -F -L")
    10.   --quiet                       no banner
    11.   --temp.path <string>          path for temporary files (default: "/tmp/arangodb")
    12.   --use-pager                   use pager
    14. JAVASCRIPT options:
    15.   --javascript.check <string>                syntax check code JavaScript code from file
    16.   --javascript.execute <string>              execute JavaScript code from file
    17.   --javascript.execute-string <string>       execute JavaScript code from string
    18.   --javascript.startup-directory <string>    startup paths containing the JavaScript files
    19.   --javascript.unit-tests <string>           do not start as shell, run unit tests instead
    20.   --jslint <string>                          do not start as shell, run jslint instead
    22.   --log.level <string>    log level (default: "info")
    24. CLIENT options:
    25.   --server.connect-timeout <double>         connect timeout in seconds (default: 3)
    27.   --server.endpoint <string>                endpoint to connect to, use 'none' to start without a server (default: "tcp://127.0.0.1:8529")
    28.   --server.password <string>                password to use when connecting (leave empty for prompt)
    29.   --server.request-timeout <double>         request timeout in seconds (default: 300)
    30.   --server.username <string>                username to use when connecting (default: "root")

    So while this code may produce similar results when executed in arangosh andarangod, the cpu usage and time required will be really different:

    Since the arangosh version will be doing around 100k HTTP requests, and thearangod version will directly write to the database.

    1. #!/usr/bin/arangosh --javascript.execute 
    2. require("internal").print("hello world")
    3. db._query("FOR x IN test RETURN x").toArray()

    Note that the first line has to end with a blank in order to make it work.Mark it executable to the OS:

    and finaly try it out: