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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting accept input on an echo output Post 302601491 by methyl on Thursday 23rd of February 2012 07:42:55 PM
Old 02-23-2012
Please mention what Operating System and version you have and what Shell you are using.
Please post a sample script which demonstrates what you have tried and explain what you expected to happen and what actually happened.
 

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cpanplus::shell::default::plugins::remote5.18

CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Remote(3pm)		 Perl Programmers Reference Guide	    CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Remote(3pm)

NAME

       CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Remote - connect to a remote CPANPLUS

SYNOPSIS

	   CPAN Terminal> /connect localhost 1337 --user=foo --pass=bar
	   ...
	   CPAN Terminal@localhost> /disconnect

DESCRIPTION

       This is a "CPANPLUS::Shell::Default" plugin that allows you to connect to a machine running an instance of "CPANPLUS::Daemon", allowing
       remote usage of the "CPANPLUS Shell".

       A sample session, updating all modules on a remote machine, might look like this:

	   CPAN Terminal> /connect --user=my_user --pass=secret localhost 1337

	   Connection accepted

	   Successfully connected to 'localhost' on port '11337'

	   Note that no output will appear until a command has completed
	   -- this may take a while

	   CPAN Terminal@localhost> o; i *

	   [....]

	   CPAN Terminal@localhost> /disconnect

	   CPAN Terminal>

BUG REPORTS

       Please report bugs or other issues to <bug-cpanplus@rt.cpan.org<gt>.

AUTHOR

       This module by Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       The CPAN++ interface (of which this module is a part of) is copyright (c) 2001 - 2007, Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.

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

SEE ALSO

       CPANPLUS::Shell::Default, CPANPLUS::Shell, cpanp

perl v5.18.2							    2014-01-06			    CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Remote(3pm)
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