Erlang command shell

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command shell

ctrl-A (^A) cursor begin of the line
crrl-E (^E) cursor end of the line
li press tab... lists:... tab again... suggest function
help ()
q() -- quit - shorthand for init:stop()
ctrl-G (^G) then type h to get help
type k N, N is a job number... terminate that shell and all code running
type i N, stop code withou killing shell
create new shell instances type s
list shell instances type j
connect to them c N

(*) next to some shell.... means that this is the last shell instance you were using

Shell freezes, ctrl-G (^G) type i, press enter, type c, press enter... this will get shell manager, interrupt shell job, and then connect back to it

A sequence of expressions must be terminated with a period followed by whitespace (a line break, a space, and so on); otherwise, it won be executed.

You can separate expressions with commas, but only the result of the last one will be shown (although the others are still executed).