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2 ========
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3 Overview
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4 ========
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6 ``cmd2`` is an extension of cmd_, the Python Standard Library's module for
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7 creating simple interactive command-line applications.
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9 ``cmd2`` can be used as a drop-in replacement for cmd_. Simply importing ``cmd2``
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10 in place of cmd_ will add many features to an application without any further
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11 modifications.
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13 Understanding the use of cmd_ is the first step in learning the use of ``cmd2``.
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14 Once you have read the cmd_ docs, return here to learn the ways that ``cmd2``
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15 differs from cmd_.
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17 .. _cmd: http://docs.python.org/library/cmd.html