tlmgr-shell
Interactive TeX Live Manager session
TLDR
Start an interactive tlmgr shell
$ tlmgr shell
Start a shell and run a command (e.g., list updates)$ tlmgr shell <<< "update --list"
Pipe multiple commands into the shell$ printf "info [package]\nquit\n" | tlmgr shell
SYNOPSIS
tlmgr shell
DESCRIPTION
tlmgr shell starts an interactive TeX Live Manager session where you can execute multiple tlmgr commands without restarting the program each time. This is faster for batch operations since the TeX Live package database is loaded only once.In general, all tlmgr actions that can be given on the command line work as commands in the shell (e.g., `update --list`, `install`, `info`, `search`). Type `quit` or `exit` (or send EOF) to leave the shell. The `protocol` command prints the current protocol version. The shell also supports machine-readable output for scripting by external tools.
SEE ALSO
tlmgr(1), tlmgr-install(1), tlmgr-update(1)