# How to open, run and see results form .jl file

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-open-run-and-see-results-form-jl-file/53727
**Category:** New to Julia
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [January 21, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-open-run-and-see-results-form-jl-file/53727 "2021-01-21T14:28:30Z")
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### Author: ![Slawomir\_Kwiecien](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/slawomir_kwiecien/32/21123_2.png) [@Slawomir\_Kwiecien](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Slawomir_Kwiecien)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-open-run-and-see-results-form-jl-file/53727/1 "2021-01-21T14:28:30Z")

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I have installed Julia and Pluto. Now I’d like to open .jl files, run those files and see results. Files are from [[https://github.com/vinhphunguyen/MPM-Julia](https://github.com/vinhphunguyen/MPM-Julia)] ([https://www.researchgate.net/deref/https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fvinhphunguyen%2FMPM-Julia](https://www.researchgate.net/deref/https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fvinhphunguyen%2FMPM-Julia)). Unfortunately I’m not a programmer and I don’t know how to do that. Could you help me please.

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### Author: ![pixel27](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pixel27/32/8902_2.png) [@pixel27](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pixel27)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-open-run-and-see-results-form-jl-file/53727/2 "2021-01-21T16:56:27Z")

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Depending on which one you want to run try:

```julia
include("<dir>/Main.jl")

```

Replacing `<dir>` with the one you want to run, i.e. CPD\_3D\_T4\_Cantilever, Classic\_2D\_2Disk, etc. However the readme says:

```julia
The code was written 2 years ago and thus not compatible to the current Julia version.

```

So I’m not sure what version of Julia you need to be running to be able to run them.

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### Author: ![sylvaticus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sylvaticus/32/203883_2.png) [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-open-run-and-see-results-form-jl-file/53727/3 "2021-01-21T20:23:45Z")

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…and the last commit on the reader is over 1 year old.

Note that nowadays a project (like in this case the code accompanying a paper) should be shipped with a Project/Manifest file so that anyone can have the exact Julia environment of the author (and hence replicate the results) by just typing `] activate .` in the Julia prompt…