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cmd is a module in the Python Standard Library for writing line-oriented command interpreters.

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How to check if completion is available in a python cmd.Cmd program

Standard cmd module provide nice tools to build a CLI with auto completion by default if readline support is available. However I wonder how can I know from inside the program whether this support is effectively available or not and though whether…
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Python3 Print statement using .format() prints in reverse

I am trying to create a simple terminal-based game in Python 3. I'm using cmd module to make a menu, and within it I use a test script. Here's the code. from assets import * from cmd import Cmd from test import TestFunction import base64 class…
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Pythonunit test: output after execution of the test should be displayed in the log

Used packages: Paramiko and Unittest Details A somewhat special question that is probably quite easy to answer. I am currently testing the functionality on a cmd level with a unit test. In this test case, a cmd command is listed on a switch on the…
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Python cmd module enter key

I've built a simple cli app using cmd. I noticed that hitting the enter key seems to be rerunning the previous command. Is there a way to catch/prevent this?
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Different result in cmd and IDLE python

I have a Python 2.7 script that works perfectly only on IDLE, the result looking like this : **Python 2.7.11 (v2.7.11:6d1b6a68f775, Dec 5 2015, 20:32:19) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more…
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Split a string containing json w/spaces into arguments

I am implementing a command shell using cmd2, and I wanted to setup a few commands that allows a user to type in objects in json syntax. I thought this would be easy to do with argparse, but I am getting caught up how to parse and present the string…
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Python socket server send remote commands

Right now, I'm trying to make a socket server in Python that takes input from a client, processes it, does whatever is need to be done, and then sends a message back to the client showing that it's done. The problem I am having right now is that…
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Python 3 cmd.Cmd append space after do_function(): completion

I'm using the cmd.Cmd library for a command line tool that I'm building and am mildly annoyed that using tab to auto-complete a command, the command line is left at the end of the command instead of appending a space to easily facilitate adding…
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Constantly log into console using python3 cmd module

I'm trying to make something like server using python's CMD module for interaction, but I cannot find any information about printing logs into console on-the-fly without command "printLogs" The good example of interaction with server is steamCMD. Is…
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Instantiate nested Cmd Interpreter in Python

Hi I'm looking to create a nested interpreter in Python using the Cmd module. I set up a dynamic module loading because I want my project to be easily expandable (i.e. add a new python file into a folder and without changing the main code being able…
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Keeping track of current input before user presses enter

I'm using Python's cmd module to handle a terminal input loop. I have a thread running in the background, which prints out some stuff in the terminal when it receives a message. These messages break the visual user input: > writing a com @@@ message…
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python cmd module context based completion

In python cmd module, when I press the TAB button, I get the list of possible commands that are available and that I have defined in my cmd.Cmd class. My question is whether it is possible to show a set of commands based on the context like in a…
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Python 2.7 to exe using py2exe issue

I successfully created an .exe using py2exe with a simple test script I found on a tutorials website. The script I am using, however, does not seem to work. My code uses the csv module and dict reader with two .csv inputs. I run the python…
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How to run commands in a external file through command prompt using python?

My Requirement is - I have set of commands written in a "commands.ftp" file, to upload a "request.txt" file to FTP server. I want to call the command prompt from my python file and run the commands in the "commands.ftp" file one by one . Once all…
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Python Cmd: How to edit the last command

I am working on a small command line application based on the Cmd Python module. I can't see how to show the last command in the console prompt so that it can be edited by the user and re-submitted. The question is not about how to store the last…
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