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#### 3.1.1 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.