rlexec

rlexec

add readline interface to any commands

Usage

Execute some commands

rlexec cat
rlexec head -n 3

With xargs

rlexec xargs -i echo 'Hello {} world!'
rlexec xargs -n 1 ls

Use a history file

rlexec -H history.txt cat

Change the prompt

rlexec -p '' cat

Read lines and write them to the specified file

rlexec -o out.txt

FIFO special file can be the output file.

mkfifo fifo
uniq fifo
# and `rlexec -o fifo` in another terminal

License

Apache License 2.0