from https://learnyousomeerlang.com/the-count-of-applications
erl -make
each application- start erlang by =erl -env ERL_LIBS “.”=
- start apps in correct order
application:start(ppool), application:start(erlcount).
- we can override env variables like
erl -env ERL_LIBS "." -erlcount directory '"/some/place/"' regex '["foo","bar"]'