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interface ReplOptions

Usage in Deno

import { type ReplOptions } from "node:repl";

Deno compatibility

This symbol is not supported.

Properties

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prompt: string | undefined

The input prompt to display.

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input: ReadableStream | undefined

The Readable stream from which REPL input will be read.

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output: WritableStream | undefined

The Writable stream to which REPL output will be written.

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terminal: boolean | undefined

If true, specifies that the output should be treated as a TTY terminal, and have ANSI/VT100 escape codes written to it. Default: checking the value of the isTTY property on the output stream upon instantiation.

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eval: REPLEval | undefined

The function to be used when evaluating each given line of input. Default: an async wrapper for the JavaScript eval() function. An eval function can error with repl.Recoverable to indicate the input was incomplete and prompt for additional lines.

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preview: boolean | undefined

Defines if the repl prints output previews or not.

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useColors: boolean | undefined

If true, specifies that the default writer function should include ANSI color styling to REPL output. If a custom writer function is provided then this has no effect.

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useGlobal: boolean | undefined

If true, specifies that the default evaluation function will use the JavaScript global as the context as opposed to creating a new separate context for the REPL instance. The node CLI REPL sets this value to true.

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ignoreUndefined: boolean | undefined

If true, specifies that the default writer will not output the return value of a command if it evaluates to undefined.

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writer: REPLWriter | undefined

The function to invoke to format the output of each command before writing to output.

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completer:

An optional function used for custom Tab auto completion.

A flag that specifies whether the default evaluator executes all JavaScript commands in strict mode or default (sloppy) mode. Accepted values are:

  • repl.REPL_MODE_SLOPPY - evaluates expressions in sloppy mode.
  • repl.REPL_MODE_STRICT - evaluates expressions in strict mode. This is equivalent to prefacing every repl statement with 'use strict'.
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breakEvalOnSigint: boolean | undefined

Stop evaluating the current piece of code when SIGINT is received, i.e. Ctrl+C is pressed. This cannot be used together with a custom eval function.