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Extra features for standard library's cmd module

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  • License: MIT License (MIT)
  • Author: Catherine Devlin
  • Tags command , prompt , console , cmd
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Enhancements for standard library’s cmd module.

Drop-in replacement adds several features for command-prompt tools:

  • Searchable command history (commands: “hi”, “li”, “run”)

  • Load commands from file, save to file, edit commands in file

  • Multi-line commands

  • Case-insensitive commands

  • Special-character shortcut commands (beyond cmd’s “@” and “!”)

  • Settable environment parameters

  • Parsing commands with flags

  • > (filename), >> (filename) redirect output to file

  • < (filename) gets input from file

  • bare >, >>, < redirect to/from paste buffer

  • test apps against sample session transcript (see example/example.py)

Useable without modification anywhere cmd is used; simply import cmd2.Cmd in place of cmd.Cmd.

Usage samples at http://catherine.devlin.googlepages.com/cmd2.html

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