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On 09-10-14 14:20, vijnaana@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to develop a python CLI framework.
>
> For example if i need to set an ip address in linux:
>
> ifconfig eth0 172.16.25.125
>
> I should be able to use python to do the above.
>
> 1. The user will execute a python script to which i will pass the params eth0 and ip address (something like ifconf.py  eth0 172.16.25.125)
>
> 2. Within the script i grab the params and do something to the effect of user executing 'ifconfig eth0 172.16.25.125' from the shell.
>
> 3. There are other such commands for which i will be using python scripts. I came across pyCLI, but it doesn't have much documentation, so couldn't figure out how to move forward.
>
> 4. The CLI framework needs to reuse code so i didn't want to use pure python and develop a framework from scratch. Rather use something like pyCLI/CLIFF.
>
> The problem is lack of documentation with examples on how to use the above.
>
> Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards & Thanks,
> Vij
>
Hi Vij

Maybe you can have a look at iPython: 
http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/stable/interactive/tutorial.html

gr
Arno