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Command-line Applications
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Command-line applications, also referred to as
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`Console Applications <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_application>`_,
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are computer programs designed to be used from a text interface, such as a
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`shell <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_(computing)>`_. Command-line
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applications usually accept various inputs as arguments, often referred to as
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parameters or sub-commands, as well as options, often referred to as flags or
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switches.
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Some popular command-line applications include:
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* `Grep <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grep>`_ - A plain-text data search utility
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* `curl <http://curl.haxx.se/>`_ - A tool for data transfer with URL syntax
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* `httpie <https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie>`_ - A command line HTTP
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client, a user-friendly cURL replacement
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* `git <http://git-scm.com/>`_ - A distributed version control system
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* `mercurial <https://www.mercurial-scm.org/>`_ - A distributed version control
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system primarily written in Python
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Clint
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`clint <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/clint/>`_ is a Python module which is
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filled with very useful tools for developing command-line applications.
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It supports features such as; CLI colors and indents, simple and powerful
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column printer, iterator based progress bars and implicit argument handling.
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Click
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`click <http://click.pocoo.org/>`_ is a Python package for creating
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command-line interfaces in a composable way with as little code as
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possible. This “Command-line Interface Creation Kit” is highly
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configurable but comes with good defaults out of the box.
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docopt
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`docopt <http://docopt.org/>`_ is a lightweight, highly Pythonic package that
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allows creating command-line interfaces easily and intuitively, by parsing
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POSIX-style usage instructions.
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Plac
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------
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`Plac <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/plac>`_ is a simple wrapper
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over the Python standard library `argparse <http://docs.python.org/2/library/argparse.html>`_,
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which hides most of its complexity by using a declarative interface: the
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argument parser is inferred rather than written down by imperatively. This
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module targets especially unsophisticated users, programmers, sys-admins,
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scientists and in general people writing throw-away scripts for themselves,
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who choose to create a command-line interface because it is quick and simple.
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Cliff
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`Cliff <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/cliff/>`_ is a framework for
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building command-line programs. It uses setuptools entry points to provide
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subcommands, output formatters, and other extensions. The framework is meant
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to be used to create multi-level commands such as subversion and git, where
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the main program handles some basic argument parsing and then invokes a
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sub-command to do the work.
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Cement
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------
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`Cement <http://builtoncement.com/>`_ is an advanced CLI Application Framework.
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Its goal is to introduce a standard, and feature-full platform
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for both simple and complex command line applications as well
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as support rapid development needs without sacrificing quality.
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Cement is flexible, and it's use cases span from the simplicity of a micro-framework
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to the complexity of a meg-framework.
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