`repl.c` creates a read-eval-print loop out of any command. It is a simple and readable C program that requires GNU readline. ### Installation The following commands install `repl` in `/usr/local/bin` and `repl.1`, its man page, in `/usr/local/man`: $ make $ make install If you want to install it somewhere different from `/usr/local`, edit the Makefile and modify the `PREFIX` variable. To uninstall both binary and man page, run `make uninstall`. *** REPL(1) - General Commands Manual ### NAME **repl** - create a REPL out of any command ### SYNPOSIS **repl** *command* ### DESCRIPTION When invoked, the **repl** utility puts the user in a read-eval-print loop, in which it reads input from the user, appends it to the *command* provided by the single argument, and lets the shell evaluate the full string. Built on GNU readline, it supports history and Emacs key bindings. **repl** is useful for command-line interfaces built on a "prefix command" that has to be typed over and over preceding the actual command, like git(1). ### EXAMPLES $ repl git git > status On branch master Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'. git > ### AUTHORS **repl** is written by John Ankarström, available {on the web|by e-mail} at john{.|@}ankarstrom.se. OpenBSD 6.4 - January 10, 2019