Re: Shell command history

In comp.os.linux.misc, Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 23:28:35 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote:

can't think of any other programs where he encounters readline()

<https://docs.python.org/3/library/readline.html>

That's just a wrapper to use in in Python scripts that interact with
the user. I do not believe I have ever encountered a script using it.
But that does remind me that the Perl CPAN shell can optionally use
the Perl wrapper of the readline library. I don't usually have that
Perl wrapper installed however.

Elijah
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knows it is used in programs outside his concern