+ def parseline(self, line):
+ """Override Cmd.parseline to use shlex.split.
+
+ Notes
+ -----
+ This allows us to handle comments cleanly. With the default
+ Cmd implementation, a pure comment line will call the .default
+ error message.
+
+ Since we use shlex to strip comments, we return a list of
+ split arguments rather than the raw argument string.
+ """
+ line = line.strip()
+ argv = shlex.split(line, comments=True, posix=True)
+ if len(argv) == 0:
+ return None, None, '' # return an empty line
+ elif argv[0] == '?':
+ argv[0] = 'help'
+ elif argv[0] == '!':
+ argv[0] = 'system'
+ return argv[0], argv[1:], line
+
+ def do_help(self, arg):
+ """Wrap Cmd.do_help to handle our .parseline argument list.
+ """
+ if len(arg) == 0:
+ return cmd.Cmd.do_help(self, '')
+ return cmd.Cmd.do_help(self, arg[0])
+
+ def empytline(self):
+ """Override Cmd.emptyline to not do anything.
+
+ Repeating the last non-empty command seems unwise. Explicit
+ is better than implicit.
+ """
+ pass