Command-line tool

rlwrap

brew/rlwrap

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Readline wrapper: adds readline support to tools that lack it

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install rlwrap

Linux

brew install rlwrap

Run a REPL command with line editing, persistent history, and prompt completion

rlwrap command

Use all words seen on input and output for prompt completion

rlwrap -r command

Improve prompt completion if prompts contain ANSI colour codes

rlwrap -A command

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