example of multi-repl

output.txt

(in window 1)

rv-mjr2:~$ node repltest.js 
node via stdin> foo
'stdin is fun'

(in window 2)

rv-mjr2:~$ telnet localhost 5000
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Hello world
Connection closed by foreign host.
rv-mjr2:~$ telnet localhost 5000
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Hello world
Connection closed by foreign host.
rv-mjr2:~$ socat READLINE UNIX-CONNECT:/tmp/node-repl-sock 
node via Unix socket> foo
ReferenceError: foo is not defined
    at REPLServer.<anonymous> (eval at <anonymous> (repl:71:28))
    at REPLServer.readline (repl:71:19)
    at Stream.<anonymous> (repl:32:19)
    at IOWatcher.callback (net:338:14)
    at node.js:815:9
node via Unix socket> conns
[ { time: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:44:14 GMT
  , addr: '::1'
  , type: 'tcp'
  }
, { time: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:44:15 GMT
  , addr: '::1'
  , type: 'tcp'
  }
]
node via Unix socket> conns.forEach(function(v,i,a) { self.stream.write(v.time + ":" + v.addr + "\n"); });
Tue Mar 23 2010 00:44:14 GMT-0700 (PDT):::1
Tue Mar 23 2010 00:44:15 GMT-0700 (PDT):::1

(in window 1)

node via stdin> counted connection from: ::1
counted connection from: ::1

node via stdin> conns
[ { time: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:44:14 GMT
  , addr: '::1'
  , type: 'tcp'
  }
, { time: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:44:15 GMT
  , addr: '::1'
  , type: 'tcp'
  }
]

repltest.js

var sys = require("sys"),
    net = require("net"),
    repl = require("repl");

conns = [];
message = "Hello world\n";

net.createServer(function (con) {
  sys.puts("counted connection from: " + con.remoteAddress);
  conns.push({time: new Date(), addr: con.remoteAddress, type: con.type});
  con.write(message);
  con.close();
}).listen(5000);

repl.start("node via stdin> ").scope.foo = "stdin is fun";

net.createServer(function (socket) {
  repl.start("node via Unix socket> ", socket);
}).listen("/tmp/node-repl-sock");

net.createServer(function (socket) {
  repl.start("node via TCP socket> ", socket);
}).listen(5001);