diff --git a/scriptlib/developer/piperepl/evalinput.tcl b/scriptlib/developer/piperepl/evalinput.tcl
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+
+set exebase [file rootname [file tail [info nameofexecutable]]]
+
+puts stdout "------------------------"
+puts stdout "message from script"
+puts stdout "exebase           : $exebase"
+puts stdout "::tcl_interactive : $::tcl_interactive"
+puts stdout "::tclsh(istty)    : $::tclsh(istty)"
+puts stdout "------------------------"
+
+
+#optionally read part or all of stdin,
+#but we don't know how to put data back into stdin - so partial read should only be done if there is a protocol for the data to be read and processed.
+#set inputdata [read stdin]
+
+if {"-noeval" ni $::argv} {
+    set ::tclsh(evalinput) 1
+} else {
+    if {"-eat2" in $::argv} {
+        set eat [read stdin 2]
+        puts stdout "stdin read: [string length $eat] bytes"
+        puts stdout $eat
+        puts stdout "info exist ::tclsh(inputbuffer): [info exists ::tclsh(inputbuffer)]"
+    }
+    #set ::tclsh(evalinput) 0
+}
+#now that we have set the evalinput flag for PIPEREPL - when we exit this script - the piperepl will read from stdin and evaluate any remaining input as tcl code.
+#This means that no matter what we do with ::tclsh(dorepl) - it could be overridden by the script on the input. that's ok.
+
+if {"-dorepl" in $::argv} {
+    set ::tclsh(dorepl) 1
+}
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diff --git a/scriptlib/developer/piperepl/showinput.tcl b/scriptlib/developer/piperepl/showinput.tcl
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+
+
+set exebase [file rootname [file tail [info nameofexecutable]]]
+
+puts stdout "------------------------"
+puts stdout "message from script"
+puts stdout "exebase           : $exebase"
+puts stdout "::tcl_interactive : $::tcl_interactive"
+puts stdout "::tclsh(istty)    : $::tclsh(istty)"
+puts stdout "------------------------"
+
+if {!$::tcl_interactive} {
+    set data [read stdin]
+    puts stdout "stdin read: [string length $data] bytes"
+    puts stdout $data
+}
+
+if {"-dorepl" in $::argv} {
+    set ::tclsh(dorepl) 1
+    set ::tcl_interactive 1
+}