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Enhancing idql/iapi with rlwrap (part II)

This is Part II of a tour of rlwrap for idql/iapi. For Part I, please follow the link here. Enhanced output visualization This is one rlwrap’s most fantastic enhancement. It is not that different from what I suggested here only much smoother. idql does not provide any flexible formatting and lines longer than the screen width get wrapped around, which… 

Enhancing idql/iapi with rlwrap (part I)

The rant I have a confession to make: I’m obsessed with idql/iapi. These tools so central to Documentum administrative tasks are so lame for interactive work that they have probably disgusted more than their share of administrators. The problem is that I have to use them almost daily, and everyday I grumble: there must be a better way. Sure, there…