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+# luac
+
+> Lua bytecode compiler.
+
+- Compile a Lua source file to Lua bytecode:
+
+`luac -o {{byte_code.luac}} {{source.lua}}`
+
+- Do not include debug symbols in the output:
+
+`luac -s -o {{byte_code.luac}} {{source.lua}}`