Run command as REPL-environment
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Make REPL out of any bash command
has bash completion
has vi mode
has PS1 parsing(experimental)
stores history in $XDG_DATA_HOME/ptrepl/history
bash like history expansion
list history
command mode
aliases
Installation
Requires python>=3.6, prompt_toolkit>=2.0.7, pygments
pip install ptrepl
ptrepl vendors https://github.com/xonsh/py-bash-completion
Usage
Basic Usage
$ ptrepl --help
Usage: ptrepl [OPTIONS] COMMAND
Options:
--prompt TEXT Override prompt
--help Show this message and exit.
$ ptrepl git
$ git >
# to call "git status"
$ git > status
# if you need execute some other bash command see system mode below
Custom prompt command
$ ptrepl git --prompt g
$ g >
Multiword command
$ ptrepl "echo prefix"
$ echo prefix > 1
echo prefix 1
Config
Place settings file in :bash:$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ptrepl/config.json
{
"settings": {
"PARSE_PS1": true,
"EDITING_MODE": "vi",
"READLINE_COMPLETION": true,
"LOCAL_SHADA": true
},
"alias": {
"git st": "git status"
}
}
Available settings
EXIT_COMMAND - change exit command
EDITING_MODE - choose mode vi/emacs
SHOW_MODE_IN_PROMPT - show editing mode string in prompt
EMACS_MODE_STRING - set emacs mode prompt string
VI_INS_MODE_STRING - set vi insert mode prompt string
VI_CMD_MODE_STRING - set vi command mode prompt string
READLINE_COMPLETION: use readline like completion instead of dropdown one
PARSE_PS1 {experimental} - will try to adgust ptrepl’s prompt according to your PS1 setting
LOCAL_SHADA - store shada(history) in LOCAL_SHADA_PATH
LOCAL_SHADA_PATH - path to local shada
Default settings
{
"EXIT_COMMAND": "exit",
"EDITING_MODE": "emacs",
"SHOW_MODE_IN_PROMPT": false,
"EMACS_MODE_STRING": "@",
"VI_INS_MODE_STRING": "(ins)",
"VI_CMD_MODE_STRING": "(cmd)",
"READLINE_COMPLETION": false,
"PARSE_PS1": false,
"LOCAL_SHADA": false,
"LOCAL_SHADA_PATH": "$DIRENV_DIR/.direnv/ptrepl/",
}
Features
Parsing PS1(requires PARSE_PS1 set to true)
Here is how my bash prompt(PS1) looks like by default
{ptrepl} ~/Development/Python/ptrepl [master] |19:18:36 07-Feb-18|
+ ❯ ptrepl git
{ptrepl} ~/Development/Python/ptrepl [master] |19:20:15 07-Feb-18|
+ git ❯
Completion
$ ptrepl git
$ git > sta (press TAB)
# result
$ git > sta
status
stage
stash
Readline like completion(requires READLINE_COMPLETION set to true)
$ ptrepl git
$ git > sta (press TAB)
# result
$ git > sta
stage stash status
System mode
$ ptrepl git
$ git > (press Escape + !)
# result
# you could enter your shell commands here
Shell command: ls
Command mode
$ ptrepl git
$ git > (press Escape + :)
# result
# you could enter your command mode commands here
# to list history
Command mode: history
Bash like history expansion
$ ptrepl git
$ git > status
# repeat last command
$ git > !!
# repeat 10th command
$ git > !10
# repeat 10th command from bottom of history stack
$ git > !-10
Bash like aliases
$ ptrepl git
$ git > (press Escape + :)
# you could enter your command mode commands here
# to list alias
Command mode: alias
alias "git st"="git status"
$ git > st
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