Package logilab :: Package common :: Module cli :: Class CLIHelper

Class CLIHelper

An abstract command line interface client which recognize commands
and provide an help system.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, histfile=None)

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do_help(self, command=None)
base input of the help system

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do_quit(self)
quit the CLI

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handle_line(self, stripped_line)
Method to overload in the concrete class (should handle lines which are not commands).

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help_do_quit(self)

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run(self)
loop on user input, exit on EOF

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Class Variables
	CMD_MAP = `{'help': 'Others', 'quit': 'Others'}`
	CMD_PREFIX = `''`
	help_do_help = `('help', 'help [topic\|command]', 'print help me...`

Class Variable Details

Value:

('help',
 'help [topic|command]',
 'print help message for the given topic/command or available topics w
hen no argument')