#!/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. 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 from textwrap import dedent 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 pretty_print(filename): "Applies syntax highlighting to a cheatsheet and writes it to stdout" 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) class CheatSheets(object): dirs = None sheets = None def __init__(self): self.dirs = self.__cheat_directories() # verify that we have at least one cheat directory if not self.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(1) self.sheets = self.__cheat_files() def __cheat_directories(self): """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(self): """Assembles a dictionary of cheatsheets found in the above directories.""" cheats = {} for cheat_dir in reversed(self.dirs): 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(self, cheat): """Creates or edits a cheatsheet""" # Assert that the EDITOR environment variable is set and that at least 3 # arguments have been given if 'EDITOR' not in os.environ: print >> sys.stderr, ('In order to create/edit a cheatsheet you ' 'must set your EDITOR environment variable to your favorite ' 'editor\'s path.') exit(1) elif os.environ['EDITOR'] == "": print >> sys.stderr, ('Your EDITOR environment variable is set ' 'to nothing, in order to create/edit a cheatsheet your must ' 'set it to a valid editor\'s path.') exit(1) else: editor = os.environ['EDITOR'].split() # if the cheatsheet already exists, open it for editing try: if cheat in sheets.sheets: subprocess.call(editor + [os.path.join(self.sheets[cheat], cheat)]) # otherwise, create it else: 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(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(editor + [os.path.join(cs.cheat_dir, cheat)]) except OSError, e: print >> sys.stderr, ("Could not launch `%s` as your editor : %s" % (editor[0], e.strerror)) exit(1) def list(self): """Lists the cheatsheets that are currently available""" max_command = max([len(x) for x in self.sheets.keys()]) + 3 return ('\n'.join(sorted(['%s [%s]' % (key.ljust(max_command), value) for key, value in self.sheets.items()]))) # Custom action for argparse class ListDirectories(argparse.Action): """List cheat directories and exit""" def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None): print("\n".join(sheets.dirs)) parser.exit() class ListCheatsheets(argparse.Action): """List cheatsheets and exit""" def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None): print sheets.list() parser.exit() class EditSheet(argparse.Action): """If the user wants to edit a cheatsheet""" def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None): sheets.edit(values[0]) parser.exit() def main(): global sheets sheets = CheatSheets() desc = dedent(''' 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.''').strip() epi = dedent(''' Examples: To look up 'tar': cheat tar To create or edit the cheatsheet for 'foo': cheat -e foo To list the directories on the CHEATPATH cheat -d To list the available cheatsheets: cheat -l ''').strip() parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='cheat', description=desc, epilog=epi, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter) parser_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group() parser_group.add_argument('sheet', metavar='cheatsheet', action='store', type=str, nargs='?', help='Look at ') parser_group.add_argument('-e', '--edit', metavar='cheatsheet', action=EditSheet, type=str, nargs=1, help='Edit ') parser_group.add_argument('-l', '--list', action=ListCheatsheets, nargs=0, help='List all available cheatsheets') parser_group.add_argument('-d', '--cheat-directories', action=ListDirectories, nargs=0, help='List all current cheat dirs') args = parser.parse_args() sheet = args.sheet # Print the cheatsheet if it exists if not sheet or sheet in ['help', 'cheat']: parser.print_help() elif sheet in sheets.sheets: filename = os.path.join(sheets.sheets[sheet], sheet) 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 >> sys.stderr, ('No cheatsheet found for %s.' % sheet) exit(1) exit() if __name__ == '__main__': main()