NAME

       pirl - A read-eval-print loop in Perl (see Shell::Perl)

SYNOPSIS

           pirl
           pirl --noornaments

           pirl --version
           pirl -v

           pirl -I dir
           pirl -Idir1 -Idir2

EXAMPLE SESSION

           $ pirl
           Welcome to the Perl shell. Type ':help' for more information

           pirl @> 1+1
           2

           pirl @> use YAML qw(Load Dump);
           ()

           pirl @> $data = Load("--- { a: 1, b: [ 1, 2, 3] }\n");
           { a => 1, b => [1, 2, 3] }

           pirl @> $var = 'a 1 2 3'; $var =~ /(\w+) (\d+) (\d+)/
           ("a", 1, 2)

           pirl @> :q

DESCRIPTION

       This script is the command-line interface to "Shell::Perl" which does it all.

       By now, read the fine details at "Shell::Perl" documentation.

OPTIONS

           -I dir - add the given directory to @INC

           --ornaments - turn on terminal ornaments (default)
           --noornaments - turn off terminal organments

           --version, -v - prints version info and exits with 0

SEE ALSO

       See Shell::Perl for more documentation.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2007–2011 by Adriano R. Ferreira

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.