How to find out the Tcl version

Posted: February 18, 2008 in How To
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Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a very simple, open-source-licensed programming language. Tcl provides basic language features such as variables, procedures, and control, and it runs on almost any modern OS, such as Unix (Linux and non-Linux), MacOS, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/…, PDA systems, and many more. But the key feature of Tcl is its extensibility.

And unlike any other scripting languages, just -v option won’t give you the version of your Tcl, there is a separate variable defined for that, tcl_version. So, just say puts $tcl_version to know your Tcl version.

There is a good Wiki for Tcl users, give a try: wiki.tcl.tk

Comments
  1. Miaoyin says:

    Thanks a lot for the info!

    To get more detailed patch level info, one can use % info patchlevel as in following output:


    % puts $tcl_version
    8.4
    % info patchlevel
    8.4.13

  2. Gangadhar says:

    Miaoyin,

    Thanks a ton for sharing this additional information with us.

  3. guru says:

    Hi Can any tell me how to istall Tcl in linux. Please help me.

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