#!/usr/bin/env perl6 use v6; use Readline; my $readline = Readline.new; my %history; while my $response = $readline.readline( "prompt here ( to exit)> " ) { if $response ~~ /ding/ { $readline.ding; } elsif $response ~~ /clear/ { $readline.clear-history; } elsif $response ~~ /is \s+ stifled/ { say $readline.history-is-stifled ?? "Yes" !! "No"; } elsif $response ~~ /unstifle/ { $readline.unstifle-history; } elsif $response ~~ /stifle/ { $readline.stifle-history( 1 ); } elsif $response ~~ /\S/ { unless %history{$response} { $readline.add-history( $response ); %history{$response} = 1; } } say "[$response]"; }