rlwrap
rlwrap is a readline wrapper, a small utility that uses the GNU readline library to allow the editing of keyboard input for any other command. It maintains a separate input history for each command, and can TAB-expand words using all previously seen words and/or a user-specified file.
| Tags | Terminals |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 08 Jan 2008 06:20
Changes: This release adds an option to specify quote characters, which is useful for rlwrapping LISP interpreters. A compilation error on Solaris was fixed.
- 12 Nov 2007 03:50
Changes: rlwrap can now handle ANSI color and multibyte characters. An option to colorise prompts has been added. A number of minor bugs and portability problems have been corrected.
- 25 Nov 2006 18:35
Changes: This release fixes a bug that caused termcap problems on Fedora Core 6.
- 20 Nov 2006 14:02
Changes: This release handles redirection. Termcap weirdness on Fedora Core 6 has been fixed. New options have been added for weeding out duplicate history entries and adding of formatted comments to history items.
- 19 Aug 2006 11:59
Changes: rlwrap now correctly builds and runs on FreeBSD 6.1. Open files are now closed as soon as possible.
- All comments
Recent commentsRPM files for Redhat, Centos and Unbreakable Linux
I built RPMS for RHEL4/Centos4/blah blah.
http://halisway.blogspot.com/2006/10/rlwrap-for-rhel-centos-unbreakable.html
An excellent tool
I do a lot of work in a console environment, and rlwrap is a very handy tool in many areas. It's well worth having for any systems administrator or serious programmer.
Works well
Just a note to say that rlwrap saved the day for me here at work. I use it to wrap a console based admin tool that has no command line editing or history.
Keep up the good work!