To run the examples, you can either directly use $> lua ../luam.lua run-tests.lua or make a shortcut to luam.lua on your path. $> luam run-tests.lua `run-tests.lua` is both an example of using macros and a little test harness for the package. The shortcut should look something like this @echo off rem luam.bat lua c:\mylua\LuaMacro\luam.lua %* or this: # luam lua /home/frodo/lua/LuaMacro/luam.lua $* and then should be copied somewhere on your executable path.