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DybPython::cmdline Namespace Reference

Functions
def	quotedParse
Variables
tuple	parser = OptionParser(usage="cmdline.py [options]")
string	help = "Load given module and pass optional argument list"

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Function Documentation

def DybPython::cmdline::quotedParse

(

cmdstring

)

Take a the given command string and parse it into a list using
space delimiters but respecting (one layer of) quotes.

Definition at line 3 of file cmdline.py.

00003                           :
00004     '''Take a the given command string and parse it into a list using
00005     space delimiters but respecting (one layer of) quotes.'''
00006 
00007     tokens = []
00008     for arg in cmdstring.split(" "): 
00009         if '' != arg: 
00010             tokens.append(arg)
00011             pass
00012         continue
00013     
00014     firsts = map(lambda x: x[0], tokens)
00015     lasts = map(lambda x: x[-1], tokens)
00016         
00017     quoteIndex = -1
00018     quoteMark = None
00019     for f in firsts:
00020         quoteIndex += 1
00021         if f == '"' or f == "'":
00022             quoteMark = f
00023             break;
00024         continue
00025 
00026     if quoteMark is None:
00027         return tokens
00028         
00029     endIndex = 0
00030     endFound = None
00031     for l in lasts:
00032         endIndex += 1
00033         if l == quoteMark: 
00034             endFound = True
00035             break
00036         continue
00037         
00038     if not endFound:
00039         raise ValueError, "end quote not found"
00040 
00041     return tokens[:quoteIndex] + [" ".join(tokens[quoteIndex:endIndex])[1:-1]] + tokens[endIndex:]
00042 
if '__main__' == __name__:

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Variable Documentation

tuple DybPython::cmdline::parser = OptionParser(usage="cmdline.py [options]") [static]

Definition at line 48 of file cmdline.py.

string DybPython::cmdline::help = "Load given module and pass optional argument list" [static]

Definition at line 50 of file cmdline.py.

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