These functions are are intended for interactive use in the Erlang shell only. The module prefix may be omitted.
c
c
Module
c
Module summary
Command Interface Module
Description
The c
module enables users to enter the short form of some commonly used commands.
Exports
bt(Pid) -> ok | undefined
Types:
Pid = pid()
Stack backtrace for a process. Equivalent to erlang:process_display(Pid, backtrace)
.
c(File) -> {ok, Module} | error
c(File, Options) -> {ok, Module} | error
Types:
File = file:name() Options = [compile:option()] Module = module()
c/1,2
compiles and then purges and loads the code for a file. Options
defaults to []. Compilation is equivalent to:
compile:file(File, Options ++ [report_errors, report_warnings])
Note that purging the code means that any processes lingering in old code for the module are killed without warning. See code/3
for more information.
cd(Dir) -> ok
Types:
Dir = file:name()
Changes working directory to Dir
, which may be a relative name, and then prints the name of the new working directory.
2> cd("../erlang"). /home/ron/erlang
flush() -> ok
Flushes any messages sent to the shell.
help() -> ok
Displays help information: all valid shell internal commands, and commands in this module.
i() -> ok
ni() -> ok
i/0
displays information about the system, listing information about all processes. ni/0
does the same, but for all nodes the network.
i(X, Y, Z) -> [{atom(), term()}]
Types:
X = Y = Z = integer() >= 0
Displays information about a process, Equivalent to process_info(pid(X, Y, Z))
, but location transparent.
l(Module) -> code:load_ret()
Types:
Module = module()
Purges and loads, or reloads, a module by calling code:purge(Module)
followed by code:load_file(Module)
.
Note that purging the code means that any processes lingering in old code for the module are killed without warning. See code/3
for more information.
lc(Files) -> ok
Types:
Files = [File] File = file:filename()
Compiles a list of files by calling compile:file(File, [report_errors, report_warnings])
for each File
in Files
.
ls() -> ok
Lists files in the current directory.
ls(Dir) -> ok
Types:
Dir = file:name()
Lists files in directory Dir
or, if Dir is a file, only list it.
m() -> ok
Displays information about the loaded modules, including the files from which they have been loaded.
m(Module) -> ok
Types:
Module = module()
Displays information about Module
.
memory() -> [{Type, Size}]
Types:
Type = atom() Size = integer() >= 0
Memory allocation information. Equivalent to erlang:memory/0
.
memory(Type) -> Size
memory(Types) -> [{Type, Size}]
Types:
Types = [Type] Type = atom() Size = integer() >= 0
Memory allocation information. Equivalent to erlang:memory/1
.
nc(File) -> {ok, Module} | error
nc(File, Options) -> {ok, Module} | error
Types:
File = file:name() Options = [Option] | Option Option = compile:option() Module = module()
Compiles and then loads the code for a file on all nodes. Options
defaults to []. Compilation is equivalent to:
compile:file(File, Options ++ [report_errors, report_warnings])
nl(Module) -> abcast | error
Types:
Module = module()
Loads Module
on all nodes.
pid(X, Y, Z) -> pid()
Types:
X = Y = Z = integer() >= 0
Converts X
, Y
, Z
to the pid <X.Y.Z>
. This function should only be used when debugging.
pwd() -> ok
Prints the name of the working directory.
q() -> no_return()
This function is shorthand for init:stop()
, that is, it causes the node to stop in a controlled fashion.
regs() -> ok
nregs() -> ok
regs/0
displays information about all registered processes. nregs/0
does the same, but for all nodes in the network.
uptime() -> ok
Prints the node uptime (as given by erlang:statistics(wall_clock)
), in human-readable form.
xm(ModSpec) -> void()
Types:
ModSpec = Module | Filename Module = atom() Filename = string()
This function finds undefined functions, unused functions, and calls to deprecated functions in a module by calling xref:m/1
.
y(File) -> YeccRet
Types:
File = name() -- see filename(3) YeccRet = -- see yecc:file/2
Generates an LALR-1 parser. Equivalent to:
yecc:file(File)
y(File, Options) -> YeccRet
Types:
File = name() -- see filename(3) Options, YeccRet = -- see yecc:file/2
Generates an LALR-1 parser. Equivalent to:
yecc:file(File, Options)
See Also
compile(3)
, filename(3)
, erlang(3)
, yecc(3)
, xref(3)
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