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+//
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+//
+// This script is run each time a shell is created.
+// You can define here closures or variables that will be available
+// in each session.
+//
+ld = { log:display $args } ;
+lde = { log:exception-display $args } ;
+la = { bundle:list -t 0 $args } ;
+ls = { service:list $args } ;
+cl = { config:list "(service.pid=$args)" } ;
+halt = { system:shutdown -h -f $args } ;
+help = { *:help $args | more } ;
+man = { help $args } ;
+log:list = { log:get ALL } ;
+service:get = { $.context getService ($.context getServiceReference $args) };
+
+env = { shell:set $args }
+edit = { shell:nano $args }
+more = { shell:less -F $args }
+
+\#prompt = { "[32m${USER}@${APPLICATION} ${SUBSHELL}> "?};
+
+__load_class = {
+  (($.reader class) classLoader) loadClass $1
+}
+
+// make sure that we catch exceptions
+// as they do occur if the session is headless / non-interactive
+jlineReader = $.reader
+if { %(jlineReader != null) } {
+
+  # On 256 colors terminal, add a right prompt
+  max_colors = ($.jline.terminal getNumericCapability max_colors)
+  if { %(max_colors >= 256) } {
+    __rprompt_formatter = (((__load_class java.text.SimpleDateFormat) getConstructor (__load_class java.lang.String)) newInstance \'$'\u001B\[90m'\'HH:mm:ss)
+    __date_class = (__load_class java.util.Date)
+    \#rprompt = { $__rprompt_formatter format ($__date_class newInstance) }
+  }
+
+  setopt group
+  setopt auto-fresh-line
+  unsetopt insert-tab
+  keymap "^[OA" up-line-or-search
+  keymap "^[[A" up-line-or-search
+  keymap "^[OB" down-line-or-search
+  keymap "^[[B" down-line-or-search
+
+}