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Re: Creating interactive command-line Python app?

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(original post from planetthoughtful didn't seem to arrive here, so 
replying to Bob's reply)

> Newbie to Python, and I'm wondering if it's possible to create a
> Python console app that prompts for further input on the command
> line when run (in Windows XP, if that's important)?

While Bob's suggestion of "cliff" sounds interesting, Python also 
offers the "cmd" module[1] in the standard library which does most 
of what I've needed in the past.  If you've got the readline library 
available, it also supports autocompletion and command-line history 
which is a nice bonus.

-tkc

[1]
http://docs.python.org/2/library/cmd.html # py2.x
http://docs.python.org/3/library/cmd.html # py3.x
Docs should be about the same

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Re: Creating interactive command-line Python app? "bob.blanchett" <bob.blanchett@gmail.com> - 2013-01-03 04:17 -0800
  Re: Creating interactive command-line Python app? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-01-03 08:24 -0600
  Re: Creating interactive command-line Python app? Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-01-03 09:41 -0500
  Re: Creating interactive command-line Python app? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-01-03 12:15 -0600

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