How to add imports to groovysh on startup?

Question

I'm working on a project where I'd like users to experiment with Java classes on Groovysh. I'd like to make it convenient for them and want to import certain packages by default, when groovysh starts up so that users would not have to re-type the same imports every time they start the shell. Does anyone know how to accomplish this?

Thanks in advance, igor

Answer 1

You can add the imports to $HOME/.groovy/groovysh.rc

Answer 2

From http://groovy.codehaus.org/Groovy+Shell:

This script, if it exists, is loaded when the shell starts up:

$HOME/.groovy/groovysh.profile

This script, if it exists, is loaded when the shell enters interactive mode:

$HOME/.groovy/groovysh.rc

Edit-line history is stored in this file:

$HOME/.groovy/groovysh.history