INTRODUCTION
Term::Shell -- Write command-line shells in Perl.
Term::Shell makes it joyfully easy to write command-line interfaces in Perl.
All the boring details like command-line parsing and terminal handling are
done for you.
Example:
package MyShell;
use base qw(Term::Shell);
# This behaves like the system echo command, minus shell expansion
sub run_echo {
my $o = shift;
print "@_\n" if @_; # print the arguments
}
package main;
MyShell->new->cmdloop;
Here is a sample session from this program:
shell> help
Type 'help command' for more detailed help on a command.
Commands:
echo - undocumented - no help available
exit - exits the program
help - prints this screen, or help on 'command'
shell> echo
shell> echo 1 2 3
1 2 3
shell> echo $VAR
$VAR
shell> exit
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INSTALLATION:
This module requires Term::ReadLine to be installed. This module has been a
core module since at least 5.005_03, so it shouldn't be a problem.
This module requires Text::Autoformat for some features. Text::Autoformat can
be found on your nearest CPAN mirror, probably the same place you got
Term::Shell.
To install Term::Shell do this:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
(On ActivePerl for MSWin32, use nmake instead of make.)
You have to 'make install' before you can run it successfully.
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INFORMATION:
- For more information on Term::Shell see 'perldoc Term::Shell'.
- For more information on Term::ReadLine see 'perldoc Term::ReadLine'.
- For more information on Text::Autoformat see 'perldoc Text::Autoformat'.
Please send questions and comments to "Neil Watkiss" <
[email protected]>
Copyright (c) 2002, Neil Watkiss. All Rights Reserved.
