REPLY(1)

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version 0.42 · 3 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 REPLY 💖

okay bestie, so you know how sometimes you just wanna poke at Perl code and see what happens? that's reply, and it's literally the read-eval-print-loop of your dreams. no cap. this is the REPLY(1) page, and yes i'm gonna walk you through every single bit of it because you deserve to know. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

reply — read, eval, print, loop, yay! 🎀

like, the name is the vibe. you read, you eval, you print, you loop, and then you say yay. iconic behavior honestly.

🌸 VERSION 🌸

version 0.42

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

reply [-lb] [-I dir] [-M mod] [--version] [--help] [--cfg file]

that's the whole thing. look at her. so compact. so powerful. 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the tea: this script runs the Reply shell. that's it, that's the job. she's a shell and she's ready to chat. 💬

when you fire her up, she goes looking for a config file called .replyrc in your home directory. and if that file isn't there? bestie, she's not gonna leave you hanging — she'll generate a basic configuration for you. how thoughtful. a queen who anticipates your needs. ✨

if you wanna know more about using and configuring this program, go read the Reply documentation. it's all in there. i'm just the messenger. 💌

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

reply takes these command line options, and we are going through all of them, no skipping, we don't do that here:

  • -I lib — adds the given directory to @INC. classic. put your libs where she can find them. 🍓
  • -l — equivalent to -I lib. same energy, shorter spelling, love that for us.
  • -b — equivalent to -I blib/lib -I blib/arch. it's giving "i built this thing and i want the repl to see it." 🛠️
  • -M Carp::Always — loads the specified module before starting the repl. and here's the important lil detail: it gets loaded within the repl, so stuff like exporting works properly. (ngl that part matters. don't skip it.) 💜
  • --cfg ~/.replyrc — specifies a different configuration file to use. and reminder: ~/.replyrc is the default, so if you don't pass this, that's where she's looking. 🌈
  • --version — displays the program version. quick lil flex.
  • --help — displays usage information. for when you forgot everything you just read (no judgment, i forget stuff too 🙈).

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Jesse Luehrs <doy@tozt.net>

shoutout to Jesse fr fr. 🫶

This software is Copyright (c) 2016 by Jesse Luehrs.

This is free software, licensed under:

The MIT (X11) License

free software, MIT license, we love a permissive queen. 👑

okay that's the whole page bestie!! 🌟 this was REPLY(1), brought to you by perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25. go forth, loop, and slay. periodt. 💖🦋🎀

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