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This will also work for any interactive process you run as rlwrap <command> For example, when working with SML/NJ, which has an interactive REPL but no histor

This will also work for any interactive process you run as rlwrap <command> For example, when working with SML/NJ, which has an interactive REPL but no history support or command-line niceties, you can run rlwrap sml And get all the benefits of Vi, history files, etc.

agumonkey 12y ago
hehe, I got to hear about rlwrap for SML/NJ too (Coursera proglang MOOC). Very small, very reliable, what's not to love.
dorfsmay 12y ago
Ha! Even better... I always use rlwrap when I have to use sqlplus.