Elixir Undefined function

Question

Elixir beginner here. I am attempting to run a hello world elixir script from the iex

The script is a basic hello world example

IO.puts "Hello World!"

I run the following command from iex

iex(1)> elixir hello.exs

and get this error:

** (CompileError) iex:1: undefined function elixir/1

Not sure why I am getting an error, any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

Just so the answer is not buried in a comment:

You should run elixir hello.exs from the shell, not inside iex