An Overview of the Tcl Shell | Linux Today

An Overview of the Tcl Shell

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 24, 2011

[ Thanks to Naheed
for this link. ]

Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a scripting language
originally designed for embedded system platforms. Since its
creation, Tcl has grown far beyond its original design with
numerous expansions and additions (such as the graphical Took Kit
or Tk) to become a full-featured scripted programming language
capable of creating elegant, cross-platform solutions.

In this article by Bert Wheeler, author of
Tcl/Tk 8.5 Programming Cookbook, we will cover
the following topics:

  • The Tcl shell
  • Writing to the Tcl console
  • Mathematical expressions
  • Tcl expr operands
  • Tcl expr operators
  • Mathematical functions
  • Computing mathematical expressions
  • Referencing files in Tcl
  • Variables
  • Launching a Tcl script

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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