Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Scripting

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Date 7/08/2024
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2.2. The Quartus® Prime Tcl Console Window

A Tcl Console Window is available in the Quartus® Prime software GUI by clicking View > Tcl Console. You can run Quartus® Prime Tcl commands directly in the Tcl Console window.
The Quartus® Prime Tcl shell interprets all Tcl commands that you type in the Tcl Console.

In addition, when you run commands in the Quartus® Prime GUI, the Tcl Console displays the equivalent Tcl command. You can right-click in the Tcl Console and click Save to File to save a log file of the Tcl commands in the Tcl Console.

Note: Some shell commands such as cd, ls, and others can be run in the Tcl Console window, with the Tcl exec command. However, for best results, run shell commands and Quartus® Prime executables from a system command prompt outside of the Quartus® Prime software GUI.

Tcl messages appear in the System tab (Messages window). Errors and messages written to stdout and stderr also are shown in the Quartus® Prime Tcl Console window.