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custom double-redirector fixed
author catherine.devlin@gmail.com
date Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:24:56 -0400
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74 - sent to the paste buffer, ready for the next Copy operation, by 74 - sent to the paste buffer, ready for the next Copy operation, by
75 ending with a bare ``>``, as in ``mycommand args >``.. Redirecting 75 ending with a bare ``>``, as in ``mycommand args >``.. Redirecting
76 to paste buffer requires software to be installed on the operating 76 to paste buffer requires software to be installed on the operating
77 system, pywin32_ on Windows or xclip_ on \*nix. 77 system, pywin32_ on Windows or xclip_ on \*nix.
78 78
79 If your application depends on mathematical syntax, ``>`` may be a bad
80 choice for redirecting output - it will prevent you from using the
81 greater-than sign in your actual user commands. You can override your
82 app's value of ``self.redirector`` to use a different string for output redirection::
83
84 class MyApp(cmd2.Cmd):
85 redirector = '->'
86
87 ::
88
89 (Cmd) say line1 -> out.txt
90 (Cmd) say line2 ->-> out.txt
91 (Cmd) !cat out.txt
92 line1
93 line2
94
79 .. _pywin32: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ 95 .. _pywin32: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
80 .. _xclip: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/xclip-linux-insert-files-command-output-intoclipboard/ 96 .. _xclip: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/xclip-linux-insert-files-command-output-intoclipboard/
81 97
82 Python 98 Python
83 ====== 99 ======