--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/cmd2.py	Wed Dec 19 10:28:01 2007 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import cmd, re
+
+class HistoryItem(str):
+    def __init__(self, instr):
+        str.__init__(self, instr)
+        self.lowercase = self.lower()
+        self.idx = None
+    def pr(self):
+        print '-------------------------[%d]' % (self.idx)
+        print self
+        
+class History(list):
+    rangeFrom = re.compile(r'^([\d])+\s*\-$')
+    def append(self, new):
+        new = HistoryItem(new)
+        list.append(self, new)
+        new.idx = len(self)
+    def extend(self, new):
+        for n in new:
+            self.append(n)
+    def get(self, getme):
+        try:
+            getme = int(getme)
+            if getme < 0:
+                return self[:(-1 * getme)]
+            else:
+                return [self[getme-1]]
+        except IndexError:
+            return []
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            getme = getme.strip()
+            mtch = self.rangeFrom.search(getme)
+            if mtch:
+                return self[(int(mtch.group(1))-1):]
+            if getme.startswith(r'/') and getme.endswith(r'/'):
+                finder = re.compile(getme[1:-1], re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE | re.IGNORECASE)
+                def isin(hi):
+                    return finder.search(hi)
+            else:
+                def isin(hi):
+                    return (getme.lower() in hi.lowercase)
+            return [itm for itm in self if isin(itm)]
+
+class Cmd(cmd.Cmd):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        cmd.Cmd.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.history = History()
+        self.excludeFromHistory = '''run r list l history hi ed li'''.split()
+
+    def postcmd(self, stop, line):
+        """Hook method executed just after a command dispatch is finished."""
+	try:
+	    command = line.split(None,1)[0].lower()
+	    if command not in self.excludeFromHistory:
+		self.history.append(line)
+	finally:
+	    return stop
+	
+    def do_history(self, arg):
+        """history [arg]: lists past commands issued
+        
+        no arg -> list all
+        arg is integer -> list one history item, by index
+        arg is string -> string search
+        arg is /enclosed in forward-slashes/ -> regular expression search
+        """
+        if arg:
+            history = self.history.get(arg)
+        else:
+            history = self.history
+        for hi in history:
+            hi.pr()
+    def last_matching(self, arg):
+        try:
+            if arg:
+                return self.history.get(arg)[-1]
+            else:
+                return self.history[-1]
+        except:
+            return None        
+    def do_list(self, arg):
+        """list [arg]: lists last command issued
+        
+        no arg -> list absolute last
+        arg is integer -> list one history item, by index
+        - arg, arg - (integer) -> list up to or after #arg
+        arg is string -> list last command matching string search
+        arg is /enclosed in forward-slashes/ -> regular expression search
+        """
+        try:
+            self.last_matching(arg).pr()
+        except:
+            pass
+    do_hi = do_history
+    do_l = do_list
+    do_li = do_list
+