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PERLCONSOLE
NAMECOPYRIGHT
DESCRIPTION
COMMANDS
RCFILE
PREFERENCES
AUTHOR
NAME
perlconsole - light program that lets you evaluate Perl code interactively.
COPYRIGHT
Perl Console is Copyright (C) 2007 by Alexis Sukrieh
DESCRIPTION
Perl Console is a small program that implements a Read-eval-print loop: it lets you evaluate Perl code interactively.
It uses Readline to grab input, and provides completion with all the namespaces loaded during your session. It allows you to load a module in your session and test a function exported by it.
COMMANDS
Itβs
possible to interact with the console with internal
commands. The following commands are supported in this
version:
:help
display the interactive help screen
:quit
quit the console
:set
set a preference (see
PREFERENCES
).
RCFILE
PerlConsole will look for a rcfile located in your home directory called: Λ/.perlconsolerc
Every line in that file will be evaluated as if they were issued in the console. You can then load there your favorite modules, or even define your preferences.
Example of a valid Λ/.perlconsolerc
:set output =
dumper
use Date::Calc;
PREFERENCES
Preferences can
be set with the
:set
command. The following
preferences are supported in this version:
output
changes the output of evaluated code
For details about commands, ype :help <command> within the console.
AUTHOR
Perl Console was writen by Alexis Sukrieh <sukria@sukria.net>.