#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
cheat.py -- cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the
command-line. It was designed to help remind *nix system
administrators of options for commands that they use frequently,
but not frequently enough to remember.
Copyright (C) 2013, Chris Lane
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see .
"""
import os
import sys
import argparse
import subprocess
DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR = os.environ.get('DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR') or \
os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.cheat')
USE_PYGMENTS = False
# NOTE remove this check if it is confirmed to work on windows
if os.name == 'posix' and 'CHEATCOLORS' in os.environ:
try:
from pygments import highlight
from pygments.util import ClassNotFound
from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_for_filename, TextLexer
from pygments.formatters import TerminalFormatter
USE_PYGMENTS = True
except ImportError:
pass
def cheat_directories():
"Assembles a list of directories containing cheatsheets."
default_directories = [DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR]
try:
import cheatsheets
default_directories.append(cheatsheets.cheat_dir)
except ImportError:
pass
default = [default_dir for default_dir in default_directories
if os.path.isdir(default_dir)]
if 'CHEATPATH' in os.environ and os.environ['CHEATPATH']:
return [path for path in os.environ['CHEATPATH'].split(os.pathsep)
if os.path.isdir(path)] + default
else:
return default
def cheat_files(cheat_directories):
"Assembles a dictionary of cheatsheets found in the above directories."
cheats = {}
for cheat_dir in reversed(cheat_directories):
cheats.update(dict([(cheat, cheat_dir)
for cheat in os.listdir(cheat_dir)
if not cheat.startswith('.')
and not cheat.startswith('__')]))
return cheats
def edit_cheatsheet(cheat, cheatsheets):
"Edit a pre-existing cheatsheet."
if cheat not in cheatsheets:
print ('No cheatsheet found for "%s"' % cheat)
ans = raw_input('Create cheatsheet for "%s" (Y/N)? ' % cheat)
if ans.lower() in ['y', 'yes']:
create_cheatsheet(cheat, cheatsheets)
else:
exit()
subprocess.call([os.environ['EDITOR'],
os.path.join(cheatsheets[cheat], cheat)])
exit()
def create_cheatsheet(cheat, cheatsheets):
"Create a new cheatsheet."
if cheat in cheatsheets:
print ('Cheatsheet "%s" already exists...' % cheat)
ans = raw_input('Would you like to edit cheatsheet for "%s" (Y/N)? ' % cheat)
if ans.lower() in ['y', 'yes']:
edit_cheatsheet(cheat, cheatsheets)
else:
exit()
import cheatsheets as cs
# Attempt to write the new cheatsheet to the user's ~/.cheat dir if it
# exists. If it does not exist, attempt to create it.
if os.access(DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR, os.W_OK) or os.makedirs(DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR):
subprocess.call([os.environ['EDITOR'],
os.path.join(DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR, cheat)])
# If the directory cannot be created, write to the python package
# directory, though that will likely require the use of sudo
else:
subprocess.call([os.environ['EDITOR'],
os.path.join(cs.cheat_dir, cheat)])
exit()
def main():
# assemble a keyphrase out of all params passed to the script
keyphrase = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
cheat_dirs = cheat_directories()
# verify that we have at least one cheat directory
if not cheat_dirs:
error_msg = 'The {default} dir does not exist or the CHEATPATH var is not set.'
print >> sys.stderr, error_msg.format(default=DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR)
exit()
# list the files in the ~/.cheat directory
cheatsheets = cheat_files(cheat_dirs)
# print help if requested
if keyphrase.lower() in ['', 'cheat', 'help', '-h', '-help', '--help']:
print ("Usage: cheat [OPTIONS] ")
print ("Examples:\n")
print ("To look up 'tar':")
print ("cheat tar\n")
print ("To look up 'git commit' (a subcommand):")
print ("cheat git commit\n")
print ("To create a cheatsheet for 'foo':")
print ("cheat -c foo\n")
print ("To edit the cheatsheet for 'foo':")
print ("cheat -e foo\n")
print ("Available keyphrases:")
max_command = max([len(x) for x in cheatsheets.keys()]) + 3
print ('\n'.join(sorted(['%s [%s]' % (key.ljust(max_command), value)
for key, value in cheatsheets.items()])))
exit()
# create/edit option
option = sys.argv[1].lower()
if option in ['-e', '--edit', '-c', '--create']:
# make sure EDITOR env variable is set and that at least
# 3 arguments are given
if 'EDITOR' not in os.environ:
print('In order to use "create" or "edit" you must set your '
'EDITOR environment variable to your favorite editor\'s path')
exit()
elif len(sys.argv) < 3:
print ('Must provide a cheatsheet to edit/create')
exit()
# if the user wants to edit a cheatsheet
if option in ['-e', '--edit']:
edit_cheatsheet(' '.join(sys.argv[2:]), cheatsheets)
# if the user wants to create a cheatsheet
elif option in ['-c', '--create']:
create_cheatsheet(' '.join(sys.argv[2:]), cheatsheets)
# list cheat directories and exit
if option in ['-d', '--cheat_directories']:
print('\n'.join(cheat_directories()))
exit()
# print the cheatsheet if it exists
if keyphrase in cheatsheets:
filename = os.path.join(cheatsheets[keyphrase], keyphrase)
if USE_PYGMENTS:
pretty_print(filename)
else:
with open(filename) as istream:
for l in istream:
sys.stdout.write(l)
# if it does not, say so
else:
print ('No cheatsheet found for %s.' % keyphrase)
def pretty_print(filename):
try:
if os.path.splitext(filename)[1]:
lexer = get_lexer_for_filename(filename)
else:
# shell is a sensible default when there is no extension
lexer = get_lexer_for_filename(filename + '.sh')
except ClassNotFound:
lexer = TextLexer()
with open(filename) as istream:
code = istream.read()
fmt = TerminalFormatter()
highlight(code, lexer, fmt, sys.stdout)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()