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fixing split arg, AND cleaning up accidental merge mess
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date Mon, 19 May 2008 13:56:00 -0400
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1 `cmd2` is a tool for writing command-line interactive applications. It is based on the Python Standard Library's `cmd` module, and can be used anyplace `cmd` is used simply by importing `cmd2` instead.
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3 `cmd2` provides the following features, in addition to those already existing in `cmd`:
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5 - Searchable command history
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6 - Load commands from file, save to file, edit commands in file
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7 - Multi-line commands
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8 - Case-insensitive commands
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9 - Special-character shortcut commands (beyond cmd's "@" and "!")
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10 - Settable environment parameters
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11 - Parsing commands with flags
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13 Instructions for implementing each feature follow.
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15 - Searchable command history
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17 All commands will automatically be tracked in the session's history, unless the command is listed in Cmd's excludeFromHistory attribute.
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18 The history is accessed through the `history`, `list`, and `run` commands
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19 (and their abbreviations: `hi`, `li`, `l`, `r`).
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20 If you wish to exclude some of your custom commands from the history, append their names
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21 to the list at Cmd.ExcludeFromHistory.
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23 - Load commands from file, save to file, edit commands in file
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25 Type `help load`, `help save`, `help edit` for details.
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27 - Multi-line commands
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29 Any command accepts multi-line input when its name is listed in `Cmd.multilineCommands`.
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30 The program will keep expecting input until a line ends with any of the characters
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31 in `Cmd.terminators` . The default terminators are `;` and `/n` (empty newline).
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33 - Case-insensitive commands
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35 All commands are case-insensitive, unless `Cmd.caseInsensitive` is set to `False`.
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37 - Special-character shortcut commands (beyond cmd's "@" and "!")
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39 To create a single-character shortcut for a command, update `Cmd.shortcuts`.
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41 - Settable environment parameters
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43 To allow a user to change an environment parameter during program execution,
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44 append the parameter's name to `Cmd.settable`.
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46 - Parsing commands with `optparse` options (flags)
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48 ::
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50 @options([make_option('-m', '--myoption', action="store_true", help="all about my option")])
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51 def do_myfunc(self, arg, opts):
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52 if opts.myoption:
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53 ...
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55 See Python standard library's `optparse` documentation: http://docs.python.org/lib/optparse-defining-options.html
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57 - Catherine Devlin, http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com
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59 cmd2 can be installed with `easy_install cmd2`
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61 Cheese Shop page: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cmd2
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63 Example cmd2 application (cmd2_example.py) ::
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65 from cmd2 import Cmd, make_option, options
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67 class CmdLineApp(Cmd):
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68 multilineCommands = ['orate']
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69 Cmd.shortcuts.update({'&': 'speak'})
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70 maxrepeats = 3
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71 Cmd.settable.append('maxrepeats')
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73 @options([make_option('-p', '--piglatin', action="store_true", help="atinLay"),
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74 make_option('-s', '--shout', action="store_true", help="N00B EMULATION MODE"),
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75 make_option('-r', '--repeat', type="int", help="output [n] times")
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76 ])
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77 def do_speak(self, arg, opts=None):
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78 """Repeats what you tell me to."""
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79 arg = ' '.join(arg)
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80 if opts.piglatin:
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81 arg = '%s%say' % (arg[1:], arg[0])
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82 if opts.shout:
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83 arg = arg.upper()
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84 repetitions = opts.repeat or 1
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85 for i in range(min(repetitions, self.maxrepeats)):
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86 self.stdout.write(arg)
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87 self.stdout.write('\n')
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88 # self.stdout.write is better than "print", because Cmd can be
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89 # initialized with a non-standard output destination
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91 do_say = do_speak # now "say" is a synonym for "speak"
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92 do_orate = do_speak # another synonym, but this one takes multi-line input
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94 app = CmdLineApp()
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95 app.cmdloop()
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97 Sample session using the above code ::
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99 c:\cmd2>python cmd2_example.py
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100 (Cmd) speak softly
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101 softly
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102 (Cmd) speak --piglatin softly
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103 oftlysay
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104 (Cmd) speak -psr 2 softly
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105 OFTLYSAY
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106 OFTLYSAY
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107 (Cmd) speak --repeat 1000000 softly
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108 softly
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109 softly
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110 softly
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111 (Cmd) show maxrepeats
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112 maxrepeats: 3
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113 (Cmd) set maxrepeats 5
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114 maxrepeats - was: 3
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115 now: 5
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116 (Cmd) speak --repeat 1000000 softly
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117 softly
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121 softly
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122 (Cmd) orate blah blah
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123 > blah
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124 > and furthermore
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125 > blah
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126 >
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127 blah blah blah and furthermore blah
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128 (Cmd) &greetings
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129 greetings
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130 (Cmd) history
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131 -------------------------[1]
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132 speak softly
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133 -------------------------[2]
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134 speak --piglatin softly
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135 -------------------------[3]
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136 speak -psr 2 softly
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137 -------------------------[4]
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138 speak --repeat 1000000 softly
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139 -------------------------[5]
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140 show maxrepeats
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141 -------------------------[6]
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142 set maxrepeats 5
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143 -------------------------[7]
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144 speak --repeat 1000000 softly
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145 -------------------------[8]
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146 orate blah blah
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148 and furthermore
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151 -------------------------[9]
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152 &greetings
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153 (Cmd) run
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159 blah blah blah and furthermore blah
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160 (Cmd) run 3
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161 speak -psr 2 softly
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162 OFTLYSAY
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164 (Cmd) history maxrepeats
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166 set maxrepeats
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169 (Cmd)