k3shell

Shell command dispatcher with nested subcommand support.

k3shell is a component of pykit3 project: a python3 toolkit set.

Installation

pip install k3shell

Quick Start

import k3shell
import sys

# Define command structure with nested subcommands
arguments = {
    'echo': (
        lambda x: sys.stdout.write(repr(x)),
        ('x', {'nargs': '+', 'help': 'input message'}),
    ),
    'math': {
        'add': (
            lambda x, y: print(x + y),
            ('x', {'type': int}),
            ('y', {'type': int}),
        ),
    },
}

# Run command dispatcher
k3shell.command(**arguments)

Usage:

python my_cli.py echo hello world
python my_cli.py math add 1 2

API Reference

k3shell

Name

k3shell

Status

The library is considered production ready.

License

The MIT License (MIT) - Copyright (c) 2015 Zhang Yanpo (张炎泼)