# readline

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** readline
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html](https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html)

## Software Description

From the readline homepage: The GNU Readline library provides a set of
functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines
as they are typed in. Both Emacs and vi editing modes are available. The
Readline library includes additional functions to maintain a list of
previously-entered command lines, to recall and perhaps reedit those
lines, and perform csh-like history expansion on previous commands.
## General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

	module load readline

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of readline available.
To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

	module avail readline