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.IX Title "PERLCONSOLE 1p"
.TH PERLCONSOLE 1p "2021-01-03" "perl v5.32.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
perlconsole \- light program that lets you evaluate Perl code interactively.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Perl Console is Copyright (C) 2007 by Alexis Sukrieh
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Perl Console is a small program that implements a Read-eval-print loop: it lets
you evaluate Perl code interactively.
.PP
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.
.SH "COMMANDS"
.IX Header "COMMANDS"
It's possible to interact with the console with internal commands. The
following commands are supported in this version:
.IP "\fB:help\fR display the interactive help screen" 4
.IX Item ":help display the interactive help screen"
.PD 0
.IP "\fB:quit\fR quit the console" 4
.IX Item ":quit quit the console"
.IP "\fB:set\fR set a preference (see \s-1PREFERENCES\s0)." 4
.IX Item ":set set a preference (see PREFERENCES)."
.PD
.SH "RCFILE"
.IX Header "RCFILE"
PerlConsole will look for a rcfile located in your home directory called:
~/.perlconsolerc
.PP
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.
.PP
Example of a valid ~/.perlconsolerc
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\&    :set output = dumper
\&    use Date::Calc;
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.SH "PREFERENCES"
.IX Header "PREFERENCES"
Preferences can be set with the \fB:set\fR command. The following preferences are
supported in this version:
.IP "\fBoutput\fR changes the output of evaluated code" 4
.IX Item "output changes the output of evaluated code"
.PP
For details about commands, ype :help <command> within the console.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Perl Console was writen by Alexis Sukrieh <sukria@sukria.net>.