REPL on CLI

REPL extension to CLI apps

Example

import sys
from reploncli import reploncli

import my_cli_function, show_help

# turn on REPL mode if the first command line argument is 'repl'
lets_start_in_repl_mode = (sys.argv[1:] or [''])[0] == "repl"

reploncli(my_cli_function, lets_start_in_repl_mode, show_help, ">>> ")

reploncli()

Signature:

def reploncli(cli_function, repl_mode=None, help=None, prompt=""):
    ...

If repl_mode is True then REPL mode starts.

Wrap your CLI entry point

Create cli_function by wrapping your CLI entry point that accepts one optional argument with args to use as a replacement for sys.argv if given.
Otherwise process sys.argv as normal.

Shell commands

If an input in REPL mode starts with . then it's run by os.system() after removing that dot.