CLI framework using python

[vijnaana bhairava]

Hi Naoki,

I am new to python programming. Getting used to writing basic scripts to understand python.

To understand 'Click' i may need some more guidance.

For e.g if i were to do 'ifconfig -a' from Click, how would the program look like. That will help me get started.

What i am looking for is a class based approach.

For e.g all interface related commands could come under class Interface and 'ifconfig' would probably be a method.

I would like to see one working program to get a feel for 'Click'

Thank You!
vij

On Tuesday, October 14, 2014 7:46:44 PM UTC+5:30, INADA Naoki wrote:
> Click_ is another CLI framework.
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> It support multi-level nested command like git and it has some nice utilities.
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> .. _click: http://click.pocoo.org/3/
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> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:35 PM, vijnaana bhairava <vijn... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The requirement is to develop a CLI framework in python for a linux router.
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> The suggestions i got is to use PyCli/Cliff. Not sure which would be the right choice!  Also, a few APIs are mentioned here: 
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> https://pythonhosted.org/pyCLI/#module-cli.app
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> Regards,
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> On Thursday, October 9, 2014 5:50:51 PM UTC+5:30, vijnaana bhairava wrote:
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> > 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.
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