Try outputting the result, otherwise it is just thrown away:
➜ ~ elixir -r ListModule.exs -e "ListModule.sum([])"
➜ ~ elixir -r ListModule.exs -e "IO.inspect(ListModule.sum([]))"
0
➜ ~ elixir -r ListModule.exs -e "IO.inspect(ListModule.sum([1, 2, 3]))"
6


















