ChucK/Dev/Shell/cmd

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• shell commands
  • vm attach [hostname[:port]] or vm @ [hostname[:port]] attempts to attach to a ChucK VM running on hostname:port. The default port is 8888. If no hostname or port is specified, the shell attempts to attach to the in-process VM
    • prints a success message and the VM reference number for each successful attachment; prints a failure message for each failed attachment
  • vm + or vm add
    • saves the current VM for later use
  • vm - [vm_reference] or vm remove [vm_reference]
    • removes specified VM--it is no longer on the VM list
  • vm = [vm_reference] or vm swap [vm_reference]
  • vms or vm list
    • lists all VMs plus the current VM
  • vm @+ hostname:port adds and attaches the specified VM
  • add [files] or + [files]
    • adds [files] to current VM and prints out a shred reference number for each file
  • remove [ids] or - [ids]
  • removeall
  • replace id filename [id filename]...
  • -- (remove shred with highest id)
  • status or ^
  • kill kills the current vm--shuts down the shell too if current_vm is the process vm
  • ls (like unix ls)
  • alias and unalias (simple substitution-based, bash-like command aliases)
  • shreds list all shreds on the current VM
  • pwd
  • cd (change directory, also change current dir for chuck so paths are consistent)
  • exit exit everything
  • close close down shell, keep process VM running
• Ge: thoughts on these commands? ^
  • they look great! few questions/thoughts:
    • depending on the command line flag issued, the shell could automatically attach the most appropriate thing
    • (maybe by default, the shell is attached to 'process'
    • --local and --process probably don't need to be be flags since they are targets of the attach shell command (local or process or self may suffice?)
    • the multiple attached target vms is totally cool!