Information about the package, python-cmd2, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-cmd2 package is designed for, Extra features for standard library's cmd module.
Package Name:
python-cmd2
Summary:
Extra features for standard library's cmd module
Description:
Enhancements for standard library's cmd module. Drop-in replacement adds several features for command-prompt tools: * Searchable command history (commands: "hi", "li", "run") * Load commands from file, save to file, edit commands in file * Multi-line commands * Case-insensitive commands * Special-character shortcut commands (beyond cmd's "@" and "!") * Settable environment parameters * Parsing commands with flags * > (filename), >> (filename) redirect output to file * < (filename) gets input from file * bare >, >>, < redirect to/from paste buffer * accepts abbreviated commands when unambiguous * `py` enters interactive Python console * test apps against sample session transcript (see example/example.py) Usable without modification anywhere cmd is used; simply import cmd2.Cmd in place of cmd.Cmd. See docs at http://packages.python.org/cmd2/
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.6.4
Release:
7.el6
Size:
40 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the python-cmd2 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-cmd2
This command will install python-cmd2 on the server.
yum remove python-cmd2
This command will un-install python-cmd2 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-cmd2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-cmd2
This command will un-install python-cmd2 on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove python-cmd2 when using the -y flag.
yum update python-cmd2
This command will update python-cmd2 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-cmd2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-cmd2
This command will update python-cmd2 to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove python-cmd2 when using the -y flag.
yum info python-cmd2
This command will show you core information about the python-cmd2 package.
yum deplist python-cmd2
This command will show you the dependencies for python-cmd2. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update python-cmd2
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-cmd2. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.