Incenp.Click-Shell Manual

Incenp.Click-Shell is an extension to click that easily turns your Click-powered command-line application into a shell utility. It is built on top of the built-in Python cmd module, with modifications to make it work with click.

Incenp.Click-Shell is compatible with Python versions 3.7 above, and with Click versions 6.0 and above. It is distributed under a 3-clause BSD license.

Features

• Adds a “shell” mode with command completion to any click app.

• Just a one line change for most click apps.

• Installation
  • Installing from PyPI
  • Installing from source
• Usage
  • Decorator
  • Factory method
• Differences with Click-REPL
  • No shell escape
  • Setting the shell as the default subcommand
  • Calling the root function only once