PERLSH(1)

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 <http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html>

AUTHOR
Hiroo Hayashi <hiroo.hayashi@computer.org>