shell2py

Let you paste fragments of Bash into Python, by cleaning up the Python syntax for you

Teaser

After you discover why you care, then you can see this too

% ls -1      
Makefile
README.md
bin
make.log
% 

% bin/ls.py -1
Makefile
README.md
bin
make.log
% 

% shell2py bin/ls.py -1
import os

names = os.listdir()
names = list(_ for _ in names if not _.startswith("."))

for name in sorted(names):
    print(name)
%

Same demo, but with all the steps spelled out for you to try now

Like if you say

git clone https://github.com/pelavarre/shell2py.git
cd shell2py/

bin/shell2py ls -1

Then it says

import os

names = os.listdir()
names = list(_ for _ in names if not _.startswith("."))

for name in sorted(names):
    print(name)

Motivation

When do you care?

When you know some little wrinkle in Python or Bash is on the tip of your tongue and you need it to come to you faster

Shell2Py more reminds you well of the stuff you only do now and again, not so much explains the stuff you do often

Examples =>

1 ) How Python spells each Shell idea

Shell2Py tels you how Python spells the Shell idea of reading binary Bytes out of Stdin, in place of text Chars, exactly where your knowledge of the Shell teaches you to expect to hear this story

shell2py grep -a HelloBinaryStdin

2 ) How your Shell reads you

Shell2Py shows you how your Shell reads you, such as does your Shell find 1 or 2 or 3 words here

shell2py echo 'quotes '\''within'\'' quotes'

3 ) Ordinary Shell features that your Shell doesn't deliver

Shell2Py gives you ordinary Shell features that your Shell doesn't deliver, as double-dash long options ported into your Shell

bin/echo.py --verbose Hello 'Shell World!'

In particular, you can learn the Linux Shell way or the Mac Shell way and still carry your way with you on into the other Shell's

4 ) Just the Help Lines that matter to you

Forking Shell2Py sets you up to keep just the Help Lines that matter to you in front of you, such as our choice of just a couple of dozen lines for our Man Less

bin/less.py |wc -l

By contrast, your 'man less' will give you more than a thousand Help Lines to wade through, and less relevant examples

Get Shell2py

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git clone https://github.com/pelavarre/shell2py.git