#!/usr/bin/env python import os import sys def cheat_directories(): default = [ default_dir for default_dir in [os.path.expanduser('~/.cheat')] 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): cheats = {} for cheat_dir in reversed(cheat_directories): cheats.update(dict([ (cheat, cheat_dir) for cheat in os.listdir(cheat_dir) ])) return cheats # 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: print >> sys.stderr, 'The ~/.cheat directory does not exist or the CHEATPATH variable is not set.' exit() # list the files in the ~/.cheat directory cheatsheets = cheat_files(cheat_dirs) # print help if requested if keyphrase.lower() in ['', 'help', '--help', '-h']: print "Usage: cheat [keyphrase]\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() # print the cheatsheet if it exists if keyphrase in cheatsheets: with open (os.path.join(cheatsheets[keyphrase], keyphrase), 'r') as cheatsheet: print cheatsheet.read() # if it does not, say so else: print 'No cheatsheet found for %s.' % keyphrase