Introduction to Tcl: The tool command language - Part 1

This is part 1 of a two part introduction to Tcl, the Tool Command Language.
Tcl is a scripting language that is used by many EDA tools as a shell command language, such as Synopsys Design Compiler, Cadence Innovus, Synopsys PrimeTime, and many other tools that are the backbone of VLSI design.
In this tutorial, I try to provide the first steps and most important features of Tcl to help you understand scripts that you may be running that were written by others and get over the initial fear of writing your own scripts.

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[luigimirabelli]

Thanks for the great lesson Prof.
Look forward to seeing the part 2!

[ahmadirtisam]

Could we do a video to compile and synthesize RTL on any eda tool using these scripts?

[trickyabb]

Hi Adi, is there a playlist for all tge Tcl videos?

[a.krugliak]

Funny, but I still don't understand what makes TCL better than Python.