Tcl/Tk in a Nutshell

Name

commandloop

commandloop [-async] [-interactive on|off|tty] [-prompt1 cmd] [-prompt2 cmd] [-endcommand cmd]

Enter a command loop, reading from standard input and writing to standard output.

Options

-async

Interpret commands on standard input.

-interactive

Controls interactive command mode (prompting of commands and display of results). If the argument is on, interactive mode is enabled; if off, it is disabled; if tty, it is enabled if standard input is associated with a terminal.

-prompt1

The argument supplies a command that is executed and the result used as the primary command prompt.

-prompt2

The argument supplies a command that is executed and the result used as the secondary command prompt.

-endcommand

The argument supplies a command that is executed when the command loop terminates.