prompt

Initiate an interactive session with the Runtime API.

Description Jump to heading #

Using prompt, you can begin an interactive session wherein you can enter commands without needing to reconnect to the API each time.

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1. Connect to the Runtime API socket:

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   sudo socat stdio tcp4-connect:127.0.0.1:9999

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   sudo socat stdio tcp4-connect:127.0.0.1:9999

2. Start an interactive session:

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   prompt

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   prompt

Then you can send other Runtime API commands.

As of version 2.8r1, you can provide an additional argument timed to the prompt command which will show the process’ uptime on the prompt.

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sudo socat stdio tcp4-connect:127.0.0.1:9999

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sudo socat stdio tcp4-connect:127.0.0.1:9999

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prompt timed

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prompt timed

The prompt will then show with the process’ uptime.

output
text
[0:00:15:55]>

output
text
[0:00:15:55]>

See also Jump to heading #

• operator
• set timeout cli
• show cli level
• user