print("This is how a cmd-line interface could be implemented\nPrint 'exit' to exit.\n") local answer repeat io.write("$>") io.flush() answer=io.read() if answer ~= 'exit' then local func = assert(loadstring("return " .. answer)) io.write("\n"..tostring(func() or "").."\n"); end--]] until answer=="exit" print("Bye\n");