cmd2¶

A python package for building powerful command-line interpreter (CLI) programs. Extends the Python Standard Library’s cmd package.

The basic use of cmd2 is identical to that of cmd.

Create a subclass of cmd2.Cmd. Define attributes and do_* methods to control its behavior. Throughout this documentation, we will assume that you are naming your subclass App:
```
from cmd2 import Cmd
class App(Cmd):
    # customized attributes and methods here
```
Instantiate App and start the command loop:
```
app = App()
app.cmdloop()
```

Resources¶

cmd
project bug tracker
cmd2 project page
PyCon 2010 presentation, Easy Command-Line Applications with cmd and cmd2: slides, video

These docs will refer to App as your cmd2.Cmd subclass, and app as an instance of App. Of course, in your program, you may name them whatever you want.

Contents:

Compatibility¶

Tested and working with Python 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.1; Jython 2.5

Indices and tables¶