prompt(1)

NAME

   prompt - give any program command-line editing facilities

SYNOPSIS

   prompt

DESCRIPTION

   prompt  is  a  simple  wrapper  which provides command-line editing for
   programs that do not have it.

   Not all programs with a command line interface provide an input history
   or  even  the  ability  to use the cursor keys to change the input. The
   prompt program wraps any program, intercepting stdin, stdout and stderr
   and providing the user with such editing facilities.

SEE ALSO

   modglue(1).  ptywrap(1).

   See  the  web  page  at http://www.aei.mpg.de/~peekas/modglue/ for more
   information.

AUTHORS

   Kasper Peeters <kasper.peeters@aei.mpg.de>

                             Jul 12, 2008                        PROMPT(1)

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