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Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:41:31 -0500
From: Dave Angel <d@davea.name>
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On 01/03/2013 09:24 AM, Tim Chase wrote:
> (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

The two replies in 2005 mentioned both raw_input and the cmd module (in
case that's what he was implying).  They were posted within 90 minutes
of the original.
   
   
http://python.6.n6.nabble.com/Creating-interactive-command-line-Python-app-td910404.html

I assume that cliff is much more recent, and Bob wanted to update the
thread after 7 years.
    http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cliff



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DaveA