gitcommitshow / cli-py

A starter kit to create a Python based CLI with single command installation

Cli-py

A starter kit to create CLI using Python

It solves two problems

1. Creating a python script cli.py that can be run as python cli.py cmd1 --param
2. Install script that enables installation via a simple command such as curl /url/to/install.sh | bash and simplifies previous cli usage to mycli cmd1 --param

The install mechanism is inspired from nvm

How to install and update

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gitcommitshow/cli-py/v0.2.0/install.sh | bash

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gitcommitshow/cli-py/v0.2.0/install.sh| bash

Running either of the above commands downloads a script and runs it. The script clones the nvm repository to ~/.mycli, and attempts to add the source lines from the snippet below to the correct profile file (~/.bash_profile, ~/.zshrc, ~/.profile, or ~/.bashrc).

Troubleshooting

After running the install script, if you get mycli: command not found or see no feedback from your terminal after you type command -v nvm, simply close your current terminal, open a new terminal, and try verifying again. Alternatively, you can run the following commands for the different shells on the command line:

bash: source ~/.bashrc

zsh: source ~/.zshrc

ksh: . ~/.profile

These should pick up the mycli command.