New in .NET 10.0 [13]: Compile and run single C# files

For the direct translation and execution of C# files, Microsoft offers file-based apps. The prerequisite is that the .NET Software Development Kit (SDK) version 10.0 or higher is installed.

An installation of the .NET Runtime is not sufficient for this!

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With this new feature, C# can also be used as a scripting language, for example, for scripts in development projects where PowerShell or bash was previously used. However, there were already approaches outside of Microsoft for this:

• CS-Script
• dotnet-script
• Cake
• DOTNET Scripting Host (DSH)

C# scripting in the .NET 10.0 SDK is possible with the .NET SDK CLI command dotnet run:

dotnet run .ilename.cs

Alternatively, a C# file can also be executed directly without specifying the word run:

dotnet .ilename.cs

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