Reference

Command line based invoke framework.

prefix(values, content)

Discover start and separate from content.

Parameters:

• values (list[str]) – Will scan through up to the one content starts with.
• content (str) – The value to scan, will separate from the start if found.

Raises:

ValueError if no start matches.

>>> prefix(('-', '.', '!'), './echo')
>>> ('.', '/echo')

class State(lower='.', upper=' ')

Bases: dict

Means of adding, parsing and invoking commands.

Parameters:

• lower (str) – Separates commands from arguments.
• upper (str) – Splits arguments away from each other.

sub(name, **space)

Decorator for adding commands.

Parameters:name (str) – The name of the command.

asset(*names)

Get (name, invoke) pair from names.

Raises:KeyError with the name not found.

trail(*names)

Uses asset() to get invoke.

parse(content)

Get (names, argument) from content .

analyse(content, starts=('', ), apply=None)

Split the content into its components and derive the invoke.

Parameters:

• starts (tuple[str]) – Will be checked against the beginning of the content.
• apply (func) – Used on names for any further parsing.