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This is an old revision of BasicUsage made by DavidLee on 2008-04-26 06:50:47.
Basic Usage
Invocation
After installation is complete, you can start xmlsh by simply typing "xmlsh". This will run xmlsh in interactive mode.You can use xmlsh prety much like the unix shell(s). You will be prompted with a "$"
C:\p4dell\DEI\xmlsh\win32>xmlsh $
To run a xmlsh script pass the script filename as the first argument followed by the script arguments.
C:\p4dell\DEI\xmlsh\test>xmlsh run_tests.xsh running tests in core Running test core_andor.xsh Running test core_args.xsh Running test core_brace.xsh Running test core_case.xsh Running test core_for.xsh Running test core_here.xsh Running test core_if.xsh Running test core_subshell.xsh Running test core_vars.xsh Running test core_while.xsh running tests in builtin Running test builtin_read.xsh
Basic Syntax
xmlsh accepts the same core syntax as sh. Statements such as for, while, do, case are fully implemented.Similarly pipelines to either internal or external commands.
For example:
$ for var in a b c ; do echo $var done a b c
Just as sh, the PATH variable specifies the directories
to search for external commands so right 'out of the box' you can run commands the same was as with sh.
For example, assuming "ls" and "grep" exist in your path the following works as expected
ls | grep foo
