PERLSH(1p) User Contributed Perl Documentation PERLSH(1p)
NAME
perlsh - one-line perl evaluator with line editing function and
variable name completion function
SYNOPSIS
perlsh
DESCRIPTION
This program reads input a line, and evaluates it by perl interpreter,
and prints the result. If the result is a list value then each value
of the list is printed line by line. This program can be used as a
very strong calculator which has whole perl functions.
This is a sample program Term::ReadLine::Gnu module. When you input a
line, the line editing function of GNU Readline Library is available.
Perl symbol name completion function is also available.
Before invoking, this program reads ~/.perlshrc and evaluates the
content of the file.
When this program is terminated, the content of the history buffer is
saved in a file ~/.perlsh_history, and it is read at next invoking.
VARIABLES
You can customize the behavior of "perlsh" by setting following
variables in ~/.perlshrc;
$PerlSh::PS1
The primary prompt string. The following backslash-escaped special
characters can be used.
\h: host name
\u: user name
\w: package name
\!: history number
The default value is `"\w[\!]$ "'.
$PerlSh::PS2
The secondary prompt string. The default value is `"> "'.
$PerlSh::HISTFILE
The name of the file to which the command history is saved. The
default value is "~/.perlsh_history".
$PerlSh::HISTSIZE
If not "undef", this is the maximum number of commands to remember
in the history. The default value is 256.
$PerlSh::STRICT
If true, restrict unsafe constructs. See "use strict" in perl man
page. The default value is 0;
FILES
~/.perlshrc
This file is eval-ed at initialization. If a subroutine
"afterinit" is defined in this file, it will be eval-ed after
initialization. Here is a sample.
# -*- mode: perl -*-
# decimal to hexa
sub h { map { sprintf("0x%x", $_ ) } @_;}
sub tk {
$t->tkRunning(1);
use Tk;
$mw = MainWindow->new();
}
# for debugging Term::ReadLine::Gnu
sub afterinit {
*t = \$PerlSh::term;
*a = \$PerlSh::attribs;
}
~/.perlsh_history
~/.inputrc
A initialization file for the GNU Readline Library. Refer its
manual for details.
SEE ALSO
Term::ReadLine::Gnu <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Term-ReadLine-Gnu/>
GNU Readline Library
<https://tiswww.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html>
AUTHOR
Hiroo Hayashi <hiroo.hayashi@computer.org>
perl v5.36.0 2022-12-03 PERLSH(1p)
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