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2.1.1 From Shell to Lisp

To run SBCL type sbcl at the command line.

You should end up in the toplevel REPL (read, eval, print -loop), where you can interact with SBCL by typing expressions.

     $ sbcl
     This is SBCL 0.8.13.60, an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp.
     More information about SBCL is available at <http://www.sbcl.org/>.
     
     SBCL is free software, provided as is, with absolutely no warranty.
     It is mostly in the public domain; some portions are provided under
     BSD-style licenses.  See the CREDITS and COPYING files in the
     distribution for more information.
     * (+ 2 2)
     
     4
     * (quit)
     $

See also Command Line Options and Stopping SBCL.