View Source erl The erl program starts an Erlang runtime system. The exact details (for example, whether erl is a script or a program and which other programs it calls) are system-dependent. NoteIf you are running Erlang/OTP 25 or earlier on Windows to start an Erlang system with full shell support you should use werl.exe. See the Erlang/OTP 25 documentation for details on how to do that. erl <arg