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These are often useful for test harnesses, administrative tools, and prototypes that will later be wrapped in a more sophisticated interface.</p> <dl class="py class"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd"> <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">completekey</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'tab'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">stdin</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">stdout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> instance or subclass instance is a line-oriented interpreter framework. There is no good reason to instantiate <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> itself; rather, it’s useful as a superclass of an interpreter class you define yourself in order to inherit <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a>’s methods and encapsulate action methods.</p> <p>The optional argument <em>completekey</em> is the <a class="reference internal" href="readline.html#module-readline" title="readline: GNU readline support for Python. (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">readline</span></code></a> name of a completion key; it defaults to <kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">Tab</kbd>. If <em>completekey</em> is not <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="readline.html#module-readline" title="readline: GNU readline support for Python. (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">readline</span></code></a> is available, command completion is done automatically.</p> <p>The optional arguments <em>stdin</em> and <em>stdout</em> specify the input and output file objects that the Cmd instance or subclass instance will use for input and output. If not specified, they will default to <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.stdin" title="sys.stdin"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stdin</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.stdout" title="sys.stdout"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stdout</span></code></a>.</p> <p>If you want a given <em>stdin</em> to be used, make sure to set the instance’s <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.use_rawinput" title="cmd.Cmd.use_rawinput"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">use_rawinput</span></code></a> attribute to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>, otherwise <em>stdin</em> will be ignored.</p> </dd></dl> <section id="cmd-objects"> <span id="id1"></span><h2>Cmd Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#cmd-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>A <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> instance has the following methods:</p> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.cmdloop"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">cmdloop</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">intro</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdloop" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Repeatedly issue a prompt, accept input, parse an initial prefix off the received input, and dispatch to action methods, passing them the remainder of the line as argument.</p> <p>The optional argument is a banner or intro string to be issued before the first prompt (this overrides the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.intro" title="cmd.Cmd.intro"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">intro</span></code></a> class attribute).</p> <p>If the <a class="reference internal" href="readline.html#module-readline" title="readline: GNU readline support for Python. (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">readline</span></code></a> module is loaded, input will automatically inherit <strong class="program">bash</strong>-like history-list editing (e.g. <kbd class="kbd compound docutils literal notranslate"><kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">Control</kbd>-<kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">P</kbd></kbd> scrolls back to the last command, <kbd class="kbd compound docutils literal notranslate"><kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">Control</kbd>-<kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">N</kbd></kbd> forward to the next one, <kbd class="kbd compound docutils literal notranslate"><kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">Control</kbd>-<kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">F</kbd></kbd> moves the cursor to the right non-destructively, <kbd class="kbd compound docutils literal notranslate"><kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">Control</kbd>-<kbd class="kbd docutils literal notranslate">B</kbd></kbd> moves the cursor to the left non-destructively, etc.).</p> <p>An end-of-file on input is passed back as the string <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'EOF'</span></code>.</p> <p id="index-0">An interpreter instance will recognize a command name <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">foo</span></code> if and only if it has a method <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_foo()</span></code>. As a special case, a line beginning with the character <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'?'</span></code> is dispatched to the method <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_help()</span></code>. As another special case, a line beginning with the character <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'!'</span></code> is dispatched to the method <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_shell()</span></code> (if such a method is defined).</p> <p>This method will return when the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.postcmd" title="cmd.Cmd.postcmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">postcmd()</span></code></a> method returns a true value. The <em>stop</em> argument to <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.postcmd" title="cmd.Cmd.postcmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">postcmd()</span></code></a> is the return value from the command’s corresponding <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_*()</span></code> method.</p> <p>If completion is enabled, completing commands will be done automatically, and completing of commands args is done by calling <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">complete_foo()</span></code> with arguments <em>text</em>, <em>line</em>, <em>begidx</em>, and <em>endidx</em>. <em>text</em> is the string prefix we are attempting to match: all returned matches must begin with it. <em>line</em> is the current input line with leading whitespace removed, <em>begidx</em> and <em>endidx</em> are the beginning and ending indexes of the prefix text, which could be used to provide different completion depending upon which position the argument is in.</p> <p>All subclasses of <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> inherit a predefined <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_help()</span></code>. This method, called with an argument <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'bar'</span></code>, invokes the corresponding method <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">help_bar()</span></code>, and if that is not present, prints the docstring of <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_bar()</span></code>, if available. With no argument, <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_help()</span></code> lists all available help topics (that is, all commands with corresponding <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">help_*()</span></code> methods or commands that have docstrings), and also lists any undocumented commands.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.onecmd"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">onecmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">str</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.onecmd" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Interpret the argument as though it had been typed in response to the prompt. This may be overridden, but should not normally need to be; see the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.precmd" title="cmd.Cmd.precmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">precmd()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.postcmd" title="cmd.Cmd.postcmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">postcmd()</span></code></a> methods for useful execution hooks. The return value is a flag indicating whether interpretation of commands by the interpreter should stop. If there is a <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_*()</span></code> method for the command <em>str</em>, the return value of that method is returned, otherwise the return value from the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.default" title="cmd.Cmd.default"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">default()</span></code></a> method is returned.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.emptyline"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">emptyline</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.emptyline" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Method called when an empty line is entered in response to the prompt. If this method is not overridden, it repeats the last nonempty command entered.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.default"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">default</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">line</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.default" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Method called on an input line when the command prefix is not recognized. If this method is not overridden, it prints an error message and returns.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.completedefault"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">completedefault</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">text</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">line</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">begidx</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">endidx</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.completedefault" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Method called to complete an input line when no command-specific <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">complete_*()</span></code> method is available. By default, it returns an empty list.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.precmd"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">precmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">line</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.precmd" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Hook method executed just before the command line <em>line</em> is interpreted, but after the input prompt is generated and issued. This method is a stub in <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a>; it exists to be overridden by subclasses. The return value is used as the command which will be executed by the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.onecmd" title="cmd.Cmd.onecmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">onecmd()</span></code></a> method; the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.precmd" title="cmd.Cmd.precmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">precmd()</span></code></a> implementation may re-write the command or simply return <em>line</em> unchanged.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.postcmd"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">postcmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">stop</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">line</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.postcmd" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Hook method executed just after a command dispatch is finished. This method is a stub in <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a>; it exists to be overridden by subclasses. <em>line</em> is the command line which was executed, and <em>stop</em> is a flag which indicates whether execution will be terminated after the call to <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.postcmd" title="cmd.Cmd.postcmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">postcmd()</span></code></a>; this will be the return value of the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.onecmd" title="cmd.Cmd.onecmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">onecmd()</span></code></a> method. The return value of this method will be used as the new value for the internal flag which corresponds to <em>stop</em>; returning false will cause interpretation to continue.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.preloop"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">preloop</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.preloop" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Hook method executed once when <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdloop" title="cmd.Cmd.cmdloop"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmdloop()</span></code></a> is called. This method is a stub in <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a>; it exists to be overridden by subclasses.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.postloop"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">postloop</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.postloop" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Hook method executed once when <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdloop" title="cmd.Cmd.cmdloop"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmdloop()</span></code></a> is about to return. This method is a stub in <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a>; it exists to be overridden by subclasses.</p> </dd></dl> <p>Instances of <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> subclasses have some public instance variables:</p> <dl class="py attribute"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.prompt"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">prompt</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.prompt" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The prompt issued to solicit input.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py attribute"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.identchars"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">identchars</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.identchars" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The string of characters accepted for the command prefix.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py attribute"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.lastcmd"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">lastcmd</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.lastcmd" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The last nonempty command prefix seen.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py attribute"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.cmdqueue"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">cmdqueue</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdqueue" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A list of queued input lines. The cmdqueue list is checked in <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdloop" title="cmd.Cmd.cmdloop"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmdloop()</span></code></a> when new input is needed; if it is nonempty, its elements will be processed in order, as if entered at the prompt.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py attribute"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.intro"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">intro</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.intro" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A string to issue as an intro or banner. May be overridden by giving the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdloop" title="cmd.Cmd.cmdloop"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmdloop()</span></code></a> method an argument.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py attribute"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.doc_header"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">doc_header</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.doc_header" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The header to issue if the help output has a section for documented commands.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py attribute"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.misc_header"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">misc_header</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.misc_header" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The header to issue if the help output has a section for miscellaneous help topics (that is, there are <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">help_*()</span></code> methods without corresponding <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_*()</span></code> methods).</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py attribute"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.undoc_header"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">undoc_header</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.undoc_header" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The header to issue if the help output has a section for undocumented commands (that is, there are <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_*()</span></code> methods without corresponding <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">help_*()</span></code> methods).</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py attribute"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.ruler"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ruler</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.ruler" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The character used to draw separator lines under the help-message headers. If empty, no ruler line is drawn. It defaults to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'='</span></code>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py attribute"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="cmd.Cmd.use_rawinput"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Cmd.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">use_rawinput</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#cmd.Cmd.use_rawinput" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A flag, defaulting to true. If true, <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.cmdloop" title="cmd.Cmd.cmdloop"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmdloop()</span></code></a> uses <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#input" title="input"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">input()</span></code></a> to display a prompt and read the next command; if false, <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stdout.write()</span></code> and <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stdin.readline()</span></code> are used. (This means that by importing <a class="reference internal" href="readline.html#module-readline" title="readline: GNU readline support for Python. (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">readline</span></code></a>, on systems that support it, the interpreter will automatically support <strong class="program">Emacs</strong>-like line editing and command-history keystrokes.)</p> </dd></dl> </section> <section id="cmd-example"> <span id="id2"></span><h2>Cmd Example<a class="headerlink" href="#cmd-example" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-cmd" title="cmd: Build line-oriented command interpreters."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmd</span></code></a> module is mainly useful for building custom shells that let a user work with a program interactively.</p> <p>This section presents a simple example of how to build a shell around a few of the commands in the <a class="reference internal" href="turtle.html#module-turtle" title="turtle: An educational framework for simple graphics applications"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">turtle</span></code></a> module.</p> <p>Basic turtle commands such as <a class="reference internal" href="turtle.html#turtle.forward" title="turtle.forward"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">forward()</span></code></a> are added to a <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd" title="cmd.Cmd"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Cmd</span></code></a> subclass with method named <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_forward()</span></code>. The argument is converted to a number and dispatched to the turtle module. The docstring is used in the help utility provided by the shell.</p> <p>The example also includes a basic record and playback facility implemented with the <a class="reference internal" href="#cmd.Cmd.precmd" title="cmd.Cmd.precmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">precmd()</span></code></a> method which is responsible for converting the input to lowercase and writing the commands to a file. The <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">do_playback()</span></code> method reads the file and adds the recorded commands to the <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmdqueue</span></code> for immediate playback:</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">cmd</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nn">sys</span> <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">turtle</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">TurtleShell</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cmd</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Cmd</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">intro</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'Welcome to the turtle shell. Type help or ? to list commands.</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">'</span> <span class="n">prompt</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'(turtle) '</span> <span class="n">file</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span> <span class="c1"># ----- basic turtle commands -----</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_forward</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Move the turtle forward by the specified distance: FORWARD 10'</span> <span class="n">forward</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_right</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Turn turtle right by given number of degrees: RIGHT 20'</span> <span class="n">right</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_left</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Turn turtle left by given number of degrees: LEFT 90'</span> <span class="n">left</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_goto</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Move turtle to an absolute position with changing orientation. GOTO 100 200'</span> <span class="n">goto</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_home</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Return turtle to the home position: HOME'</span> <span class="n">home</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_circle</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Draw circle with given radius an options extent and steps: CIRCLE 50'</span> <span class="n">circle</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_position</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Print the current turtle position: POSITION'</span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Current position is </span><span class="si">%d</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="si">%d</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">'</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">position</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_heading</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Print the current turtle heading in degrees: HEADING'</span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Current heading is </span><span class="si">%d</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">'</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">heading</span><span class="p">(),))</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_color</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Set the color: COLOR BLUE'</span> <span class="n">color</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_undo</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Undo (repeatedly) the last turtle action(s): UNDO'</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_reset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Clear the screen and return turtle to center: RESET'</span> <span class="n">reset</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_bye</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Stop recording, close the turtle window, and exit: BYE'</span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Thank you for using Turtle'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">bye</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="kc">True</span> <span class="c1"># ----- record and playback -----</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_record</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Save future commands to filename: RECORD rose.cmd'</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'w'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">do_playback</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Playback commands from a file: PLAYBACK rose.cmd'</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">with</span> <span class="nb">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cmdqueue</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">extend</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">splitlines</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">precmd</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">line</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="s1">'playback'</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">line</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">line</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">file</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">line</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">close</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">file</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">parse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="s1">'Convert a series of zero or more numbers to an argument tuple'</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nb">tuple</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">map</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">split</span><span class="p">()))</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="vm">__name__</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s1">'__main__'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">TurtleShell</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cmdloop</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Here is a sample session with the turtle shell showing the help functions, using blank lines to repeat commands, and the simple record and playback facility:</p> <div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>Welcome to the turtle shell. Type help or ? to list commands. (turtle) ? Documented commands (type help <topic>): ======================================== bye color goto home playback record right circle forward heading left position reset undo (turtle) help forward Move the turtle forward by the specified distance: FORWARD 10 (turtle) record spiral.cmd (turtle) position Current position is 0 0 (turtle) heading Current heading is 0 (turtle) reset (turtle) circle 20 (turtle) right 30 (turtle) circle 40 (turtle) right 30 (turtle) circle 60 (turtle) right 30 (turtle) circle 80 (turtle) right 30 (turtle) circle 100 (turtle) right 30 (turtle) circle 120 (turtle) right 30 (turtle) circle 120 (turtle) heading Current heading is 180 (turtle) forward 100 (turtle) (turtle) right 90 (turtle) forward 100 (turtle) (turtle) right 90 (turtle) forward 400 (turtle) right 90 (turtle) forward 500 (turtle) right 90 (turtle) forward 400 (turtle) right 90 (turtle) forward 300 (turtle) playback spiral.cmd Current position is 0 0 Current heading is 0 Current heading is 180 (turtle) bye Thank you for using Turtle </pre></div> </div> </section> </section> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../contents.html">Table of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmd</span></code> — Support for line-oriented command interpreters</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#cmd-objects">Cmd Objects</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#cmd-example">Cmd Example</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4>Previous topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="turtle.html" title="previous chapter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">turtle</span></code> — Turtle graphics</a></p> <h4>Next topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="shlex.html" title="next chapter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">shlex</span></code> — Simple lexical analysis</a></p> <div role="note" aria-label="source link"> <h3>This Page</h3> <ul class="this-page-menu"> <li><a href="../bugs.html">Report a Bug</a></li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.10/Doc/library/cmd.rst" rel="nofollow">Show Source </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="related" role="navigation" aria-label="related navigation"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="../genindex.html" title="General Index" >index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="../py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="shlex.html" title="shlex — Simple lexical analysis" >next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="turtle.html" title="turtle — Turtle graphics" >previous</a> |</li> <li><img src="../_static/py.svg" alt="python logo" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-top: -1px"/></li> <li><a href="https://www.python.org/">Python</a> »</li> <li class="switchers"> <div class="language_switcher_placeholder"></div> <div class="version_switcher_placeholder"></div> </li> <li> </li> <li id="cpython-language-and-version"> <a href="../index.html">3.10.12 Documentation</a> » </li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-1"><a href="index.html" >The Python Standard Library</a> »</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-2"><a href="frameworks.html" >Program Frameworks</a> »</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href=""><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmd</span></code> — Support for line-oriented command interpreters</a></li> <li class="right"> <div class="inline-search" role="search"> <form class="inline-search" action="../search.html" method="get"> <input placeholder="Quick search" aria-label="Quick search" type="text" name="q" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> </form> </div> | </li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer"> © <a href="../copyright.html">Copyright</a> 2001-2026, Python Software Foundation. <br /> This page is licensed under the Python Software Foundation License Version 2. <br /> Examples, recipes, and other code in the documentation are additionally licensed under the Zero Clause BSD License. <br /> See <a href="/license.html">History and License</a> for more information.<br /> <br /> The Python Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation. <a href="https://www.python.org/psf/donations/">Please donate.</a> <br /> <br /> Last updated on January 26, 2026. <a href="/bugs.html">Found a bug</a>? <br /> Created using <a href="https://www.sphinx-doc.org/">Sphinx</a> 4.3.2. </div> </body> </html>
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