Default color output for ls on OSX

Fixed incorrect overriding of ls alias on OSX which prevented producing color output

IPython/core/alias.py

@@ -1,262 +1,262 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 System command aliases.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Fernando Perez
 * Brian Granger
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.
 #
 #  The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import __builtin__
 import keyword
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 
 from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
 from IPython.core.splitinput import split_user_input
 
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import List, Instance
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn, error
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Utilities
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # This is used as the pattern for calls to split_user_input.
 shell_line_split = re.compile(r'^(\s*)()(\S+)(.*$)')
 
 def default_aliases():
     """Return list of shell aliases to auto-define.
     """
     # Note: the aliases defined here should be safe to use on a kernel
     # regardless of what frontend it is attached to.  Frontends that use a
     # kernel in-process can define additional aliases that will only work in
     # their case.  For example, things like 'less' or 'clear' that manipulate
     # the terminal should NOT be declared here, as they will only work if the
     # kernel is running inside a true terminal, and not over the network.
 
     if os.name == 'posix':
         default_aliases = [('mkdir', 'mkdir'), ('rmdir', 'rmdir'),
                            ('mv', 'mv -i'), ('rm', 'rm -i'), ('cp', 'cp -i'),
                            ('cat', 'cat'),
                            ]
         # Useful set of ls aliases.  The GNU and BSD options are a little
         # different, so we make aliases that provide as similar as possible
         # behavior in ipython, by passing the right flags for each platform
         if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
             ls_aliases = [('ls', 'ls -F --color'),
                           # long ls
                           ('ll', 'ls -F -o --color'),
                           # ls normal files only
                           ('lf', 'ls -F -o --color %l | grep ^-'),
                           # ls symbolic links
                           ('lk', 'ls -F -o --color %l | grep ^l'),
                           # directories or links to directories,
                           ('ldir', 'ls -F -o --color %l | grep /$'),
                           # things which are executable
                           ('lx', 'ls -F -o --color %l | grep ^-..x'),
                           ]
         else:
             # BSD, OSX, etc.
-            ls_aliases = [('ls', 'ls -F'),
+            ls_aliases = [('ls', 'ls -F -G'),
                           # long ls
-                          ('ll', 'ls -F -l'),
+                          ('ll', 'ls -F -l -G'),
                           # ls normal files only
-                          ('lf', 'ls -F -l %l | grep ^-'),
+                          ('lf', 'ls -F -l -G %l | grep ^-'),
                           # ls symbolic links
-                          ('lk', 'ls -F -l %l | grep ^l'),
+                          ('lk', 'ls -F -l -G %l | grep ^l'),
                           # directories or links to directories,
-                          ('ldir', 'ls -F -l %l | grep /$'),
+                          ('ldir', 'ls -F -G -l %l | grep /$'),
                           # things which are executable
-                          ('lx', 'ls -F -l %l | grep ^-..x'),
+                          ('lx', 'ls -F -l -G %l | grep ^-..x'),
                           ]
         default_aliases = default_aliases + ls_aliases
     elif os.name in ['nt', 'dos']:
         default_aliases = [('ls', 'dir /on'),
                            ('ddir', 'dir /ad /on'), ('ldir', 'dir /ad /on'),
                            ('mkdir', 'mkdir'), ('rmdir', 'rmdir'),
                            ('echo', 'echo'), ('ren', 'ren'), ('copy', 'copy'),
                            ]
     else:
         default_aliases = []
 
     return default_aliases
 
 
 class AliasError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
 class InvalidAliasError(AliasError):
     pass
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main AliasManager class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class AliasManager(Configurable):
 
     default_aliases = List(default_aliases(), config=True)
     user_aliases = List(default_value=[], config=True)
     shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')
 
     def __init__(self, shell=None, config=None):
         super(AliasManager, self).__init__(shell=shell, config=config)
         self.alias_table = {}
         self.exclude_aliases()
         self.init_aliases()
 
     def __contains__(self, name):
         return name in self.alias_table
 
     @property
     def aliases(self):
         return [(item[0], item[1][1]) for item in self.alias_table.iteritems()]
 
     def exclude_aliases(self):
         # set of things NOT to alias (keywords, builtins and some magics)
         no_alias = set(['cd','popd','pushd','dhist','alias','unalias'])
         no_alias.update(set(keyword.kwlist))
         no_alias.update(set(__builtin__.__dict__.keys()))
         self.no_alias = no_alias
 
     def init_aliases(self):
         # Load default aliases
         for name, cmd in self.default_aliases:
             self.soft_define_alias(name, cmd)
 
         # Load user aliases
         for name, cmd in self.user_aliases:
             self.soft_define_alias(name, cmd)
 
     def clear_aliases(self):
         self.alias_table.clear()
 
     def soft_define_alias(self, name, cmd):
         """Define an alias, but don't raise on an AliasError."""
         try:
             self.define_alias(name, cmd)
         except AliasError as e:
             error("Invalid alias: %s" % e)
 
     def define_alias(self, name, cmd):
         """Define a new alias after validating it.
 
         This will raise an :exc:`AliasError` if there are validation
         problems.
         """
         nargs = self.validate_alias(name, cmd)
         self.alias_table[name] = (nargs, cmd)
 
     def undefine_alias(self, name):
         if name in self.alias_table:
             del self.alias_table[name]
 
     def validate_alias(self, name, cmd):
         """Validate an alias and return the its number of arguments."""
         if name in self.no_alias:
             raise InvalidAliasError("The name %s can't be aliased "
                                     "because it is a keyword or builtin." % name)
         if not (isinstance(cmd, basestring)):
             raise InvalidAliasError("An alias command must be a string, "
                                     "got: %r" % cmd)
         nargs = cmd.count('%s')
         if nargs>0 and cmd.find('%l')>=0:
             raise InvalidAliasError('The %s and %l specifiers are mutually '
                                     'exclusive in alias definitions.')
         return nargs
 
     def call_alias(self, alias, rest=''):
         """Call an alias given its name and the rest of the line."""
         cmd = self.transform_alias(alias, rest)
         try:
             self.shell.system(cmd)
         except:
             self.shell.showtraceback()
 
     def transform_alias(self, alias,rest=''):
         """Transform alias to system command string."""
         nargs, cmd = self.alias_table[alias]
 
         if ' ' in cmd and os.path.isfile(cmd):
             cmd = '"%s"' % cmd
 
         # Expand the %l special to be the user's input line
         if cmd.find('%l') >= 0:
             cmd = cmd.replace('%l', rest)
             rest = ''
         if nargs==0:
             # Simple, argument-less aliases
             cmd = '%s %s' % (cmd, rest)
         else:
             # Handle aliases with positional arguments
             args = rest.split(None, nargs)
             if len(args) < nargs:
                 raise AliasError('Alias <%s> requires %s arguments, %s given.' %
                       (alias, nargs, len(args)))
             cmd = '%s %s' % (cmd % tuple(args[:nargs]),' '.join(args[nargs:]))
         return cmd
 
     def expand_alias(self, line):
         """ Expand an alias in the command line
 
         Returns the provided command line, possibly with the first word
         (command) translated according to alias expansion rules.
 
         [ipython]|16> _ip.expand_aliases("np myfile.txt")
                  <16> 'q:/opt/np/notepad++.exe myfile.txt'
         """
 
         pre,_,fn,rest = split_user_input(line)
         res = pre + self.expand_aliases(fn, rest)
         return res
 
     def expand_aliases(self, fn, rest):
         """Expand multiple levels of aliases:
 
         if:
 
         alias foo bar /tmp
         alias baz foo
 
         then:
 
         baz huhhahhei -> bar /tmp huhhahhei
         """
         line = fn + " " + rest
 
         done = set()
         while 1:
             pre,_,fn,rest = split_user_input(line, shell_line_split)
             if fn in self.alias_table:
                 if fn in done:
                     warn("Cyclic alias definition, repeated '%s'" % fn)
                     return ""
                 done.add(fn)
 
                 l2 = self.transform_alias(fn, rest)
                 if l2 == line:
                     break
                 # ls -> ls -F should not recurse forever
                 if l2.split(None,1)[0] == line.split(None,1)[0]:
                     line = l2
                     break
-                line=l2
+                line = l2
             else:
                 break
 
         return line

IPython/core/magics/osm.py

@@ -1,726 +1,727 b''
 """Implementation of magic functions for interaction with the OS.
 
 Note: this module is named 'osm' instead of 'os' to avoid a collision with the
 builtin.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (c) 2012 The IPython Development Team.
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 #  The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Stdlib
 import io
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 from pprint import pformat
 
 # Our own packages
 from IPython.core import magic_arguments
 from IPython.core import oinspect
 from IPython.core import page
 from IPython.core.error import UsageError
 from IPython.core.magic import  (
     Magics, compress_dhist, magics_class, line_magic, cell_magic, line_cell_magic
 )
 from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest
 from IPython.utils.openpy import source_to_unicode
 from IPython.utils.path import unquote_filename
 from IPython.utils.process import abbrev_cwd
 from IPython.utils.terminal import set_term_title
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Magic implementation classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 @magics_class
 class OSMagics(Magics):
     """Magics to interact with the underlying OS (shell-type functionality).
     """
 
     @skip_doctest
     @line_magic
     def alias(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Define an alias for a system command.
 
         '%alias alias_name cmd' defines 'alias_name' as an alias for 'cmd'
 
         Then, typing 'alias_name params' will execute the system command 'cmd
         params' (from your underlying operating system).
 
         Aliases have lower precedence than magic functions and Python normal
         variables, so if 'foo' is both a Python variable and an alias, the
         alias can not be executed until 'del foo' removes the Python variable.
 
         You can use the %l specifier in an alias definition to represent the
         whole line when the alias is called.  For example::
 
           In [2]: alias bracket echo "Input in brackets: <%l>"
           In [3]: bracket hello world
           Input in brackets: <hello world>
 
         You can also define aliases with parameters using %s specifiers (one
         per parameter)::
 
           In [1]: alias parts echo first %s second %s
           In [2]: %parts A B
           first A second B
           In [3]: %parts A
           Incorrect number of arguments: 2 expected.
           parts is an alias to: 'echo first %s second %s'
 
         Note that %l and %s are mutually exclusive.  You can only use one or
         the other in your aliases.
 
         Aliases expand Python variables just like system calls using ! or !!
         do: all expressions prefixed with '$' get expanded.  For details of
         the semantic rules, see PEP-215:
         http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0215.html.  This is the library used by
         IPython for variable expansion.  If you want to access a true shell
         variable, an extra $ is necessary to prevent its expansion by
         IPython::
 
           In [6]: alias show echo
           In [7]: PATH='A Python string'
           In [8]: show $PATH
           A Python string
           In [9]: show $$PATH
           /usr/local/lf9560/bin:/usr/local/intel/compiler70/ia32/bin:...
 
         You can use the alias facility to acess all of $PATH.  See the %rehash
         and %rehashx functions, which automatically create aliases for the
         contents of your $PATH.
 
         If called with no parameters, %alias prints the current alias table."""
 
         par = parameter_s.strip()
         if not par:
             aliases = sorted(self.shell.alias_manager.aliases)
             # stored = self.shell.db.get('stored_aliases', {} )
             # for k, v in stored:
             #     atab.append(k, v[0])
 
             print "Total number of aliases:", len(aliases)
             sys.stdout.flush()
             return aliases
 
         # Now try to define a new one
         try:
             alias,cmd = par.split(None, 1)
         except:
             print oinspect.getdoc(self.alias)
         else:
             self.shell.alias_manager.soft_define_alias(alias, cmd)
     # end magic_alias
 
     @line_magic
     def unalias(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Remove an alias"""
 
         aname = parameter_s.strip()
         self.shell.alias_manager.undefine_alias(aname)
         stored = self.shell.db.get('stored_aliases', {} )
         if aname in stored:
             print "Removing %stored alias",aname
             del stored[aname]
             self.shell.db['stored_aliases'] = stored
 
     @line_magic
     def rehashx(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Update the alias table with all executable files in $PATH.
 
         This version explicitly checks that every entry in $PATH is a file
         with execute access (os.X_OK), so it is much slower than %rehash.
 
         Under Windows, it checks executability as a match against a
         '|'-separated string of extensions, stored in the IPython config
         variable win_exec_ext.  This defaults to 'exe|com|bat'.
 
         This function also resets the root module cache of module completer,
         used on slow filesystems.
         """
         from IPython.core.alias import InvalidAliasError
 
         # for the benefit of module completer in ipy_completers.py
         del self.shell.db['rootmodules']
 
         path = [os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(p)) for p in
             os.environ.get('PATH','').split(os.pathsep)]
         path = filter(os.path.isdir,path)
 
         syscmdlist = []
         # Now define isexec in a cross platform manner.
         if os.name == 'posix':
             isexec = lambda fname:os.path.isfile(fname) and \
                      os.access(fname,os.X_OK)
         else:
             try:
                 winext = os.environ['pathext'].replace(';','|').replace('.','')
             except KeyError:
                 winext = 'exe|com|bat|py'
             if 'py' not in winext:
                 winext += '|py'
             execre = re.compile(r'(.*)\.(%s)$' % winext,re.IGNORECASE)
             isexec = lambda fname:os.path.isfile(fname) and execre.match(fname)
         savedir = os.getcwdu()
 
         # Now walk the paths looking for executables to alias.
         try:
             # write the whole loop for posix/Windows so we don't have an if in
             # the innermost part
             if os.name == 'posix':
                 for pdir in path:
                     os.chdir(pdir)
                     for ff in os.listdir(pdir):
                         if isexec(ff):
                             try:
                                 # Removes dots from the name since ipython
                                 # will assume names with dots to be python.
-                                self.shell.alias_manager.define_alias(
-                                    ff.replace('.',''), ff)
+                                if ff not in self.shell.alias_manager:
+                                    self.shell.alias_manager.define_alias(
+                                        ff.replace('.',''), ff)
                             except InvalidAliasError:
                                 pass
                             else:
                                 syscmdlist.append(ff)
             else:
                 no_alias = self.shell.alias_manager.no_alias
                 for pdir in path:
                     os.chdir(pdir)
                     for ff in os.listdir(pdir):
                         base, ext = os.path.splitext(ff)
                         if isexec(ff) and base.lower() not in no_alias:
                             if ext.lower() == '.exe':
                                 ff = base
                                 try:
                                     # Removes dots from the name since ipython
                                     # will assume names with dots to be python.
                                     self.shell.alias_manager.define_alias(
                                         base.lower().replace('.',''), ff)
                                 except InvalidAliasError:
                                     pass
                                 syscmdlist.append(ff)
             self.shell.db['syscmdlist'] = syscmdlist
         finally:
             os.chdir(savedir)
 
     @skip_doctest
     @line_magic
     def pwd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Return the current working directory path.
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
           In [9]: pwd
           Out[9]: '/home/tsuser/sprint/ipython'
         """
         return os.getcwdu()
 
     @skip_doctest
     @line_magic
     def cd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Change the current working directory.
 
         This command automatically maintains an internal list of directories
         you visit during your IPython session, in the variable _dh. The
         command %dhist shows this history nicely formatted. You can also
         do 'cd -<tab>' to see directory history conveniently.
 
         Usage:
 
           cd 'dir': changes to directory 'dir'.
 
           cd -: changes to the last visited directory.
 
           cd -<n>: changes to the n-th directory in the directory history.
 
           cd --foo: change to directory that matches 'foo' in history
 
           cd -b <bookmark_name>: jump to a bookmark set by %bookmark
              (note: cd <bookmark_name> is enough if there is no
               directory <bookmark_name>, but a bookmark with the name exists.)
               'cd -b <tab>' allows you to tab-complete bookmark names.
 
         Options:
 
         -q: quiet.  Do not print the working directory after the cd command is
         executed.  By default IPython's cd command does print this directory,
         since the default prompts do not display path information.
 
         Note that !cd doesn't work for this purpose because the shell where
         !command runs is immediately discarded after executing 'command'.
 
         Examples
         --------
         ::
 
           In [10]: cd parent/child
           /home/tsuser/parent/child
         """
 
         oldcwd = os.getcwdu()
         numcd = re.match(r'(-)(\d+)$',parameter_s)
         # jump in directory history by number
         if numcd:
             nn = int(numcd.group(2))
             try:
                 ps = self.shell.user_ns['_dh'][nn]
             except IndexError:
                 print 'The requested directory does not exist in history.'
                 return
             else:
                 opts = {}
         elif parameter_s.startswith('--'):
             ps = None
             fallback = None
             pat = parameter_s[2:]
             dh = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
             # first search only by basename (last component)
             for ent in reversed(dh):
                 if pat in os.path.basename(ent) and os.path.isdir(ent):
                     ps = ent
                     break
 
                 if fallback is None and pat in ent and os.path.isdir(ent):
                     fallback = ent
 
             # if we have no last part match, pick the first full path match
             if ps is None:
                 ps = fallback
 
             if ps is None:
                 print "No matching entry in directory history"
                 return
             else:
                 opts = {}
 
 
         else:
             #turn all non-space-escaping backslashes to slashes,
             # for c:\windows\directory\names\
             parameter_s = re.sub(r'\\(?! )','/', parameter_s)
             opts,ps = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'qb',mode='string')
         # jump to previous
         if ps == '-':
             try:
                 ps = self.shell.user_ns['_dh'][-2]
             except IndexError:
                 raise UsageError('%cd -: No previous directory to change to.')
         # jump to bookmark if needed
         else:
             if not os.path.isdir(ps) or 'b' in opts:
                 bkms = self.shell.db.get('bookmarks', {})
 
                 if ps in bkms:
                     target = bkms[ps]
                     print '(bookmark:%s) -> %s' % (ps, target)
                     ps = target
                 else:
                     if 'b' in opts:
                         raise UsageError("Bookmark '%s' not found.  "
                               "Use '%%bookmark -l' to see your bookmarks." % ps)
 
         # strip extra quotes on Windows, because os.chdir doesn't like them
         ps = unquote_filename(ps)
         # at this point ps should point to the target dir
         if ps:
             try:
                 os.chdir(os.path.expanduser(ps))
                 if hasattr(self.shell, 'term_title') and self.shell.term_title:
                     set_term_title('IPython: ' + abbrev_cwd())
             except OSError:
                 print sys.exc_info()[1]
             else:
                 cwd = os.getcwdu()
                 dhist = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
                 if oldcwd != cwd:
                     dhist.append(cwd)
                     self.shell.db['dhist'] = compress_dhist(dhist)[-100:]
 
         else:
             os.chdir(self.shell.home_dir)
             if hasattr(self.shell, 'term_title') and self.shell.term_title:
                 set_term_title('IPython: ' + '~')
             cwd = os.getcwdu()
             dhist = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
 
             if oldcwd != cwd:
                 dhist.append(cwd)
                 self.shell.db['dhist'] = compress_dhist(dhist)[-100:]
         if not 'q' in opts and self.shell.user_ns['_dh']:
             print self.shell.user_ns['_dh'][-1]
 
 
     @line_magic
     def env(self, parameter_s=''):
         """List environment variables."""
 
         return dict(os.environ)
 
     @line_magic
     def pushd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Place the current dir on stack and change directory.
 
         Usage:\\
           %pushd ['dirname']
         """
 
         dir_s = self.shell.dir_stack
         tgt = os.path.expanduser(unquote_filename(parameter_s))
         cwd = os.getcwdu().replace(self.shell.home_dir,'~')
         if tgt:
             self.cd(parameter_s)
         dir_s.insert(0,cwd)
         return self.shell.magic('dirs')
 
     @line_magic
     def popd(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Change to directory popped off the top of the stack.
         """
         if not self.shell.dir_stack:
             raise UsageError("%popd on empty stack")
         top = self.shell.dir_stack.pop(0)
         self.cd(top)
         print "popd ->",top
 
     @line_magic
     def dirs(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Return the current directory stack."""
 
         return self.shell.dir_stack
 
     @line_magic
     def dhist(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Print your history of visited directories.
 
         %dhist       -> print full history\\
         %dhist n     -> print last n entries only\\
         %dhist n1 n2 -> print entries between n1 and n2 (n2 not included)\\
 
         This history is automatically maintained by the %cd command, and
         always available as the global list variable _dh. You can use %cd -<n>
         to go to directory number <n>.
 
         Note that most of time, you should view directory history by entering
         cd -<TAB>.
 
         """
 
         dh = self.shell.user_ns['_dh']
         if parameter_s:
             try:
                 args = map(int,parameter_s.split())
             except:
                 self.arg_err(self.dhist)
                 return
             if len(args) == 1:
                 ini,fin = max(len(dh)-(args[0]),0),len(dh)
             elif len(args) == 2:
                 ini,fin = args
                 fin = min(fin, len(dh))
             else:
                 self.arg_err(self.dhist)
                 return
         else:
             ini,fin = 0,len(dh)
         print 'Directory history (kept in _dh)'
         for i in range(ini, fin):
             print "%d: %s" % (i, dh[i])
 
     @skip_doctest
     @line_magic
     def sc(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Shell capture - run shell command and capture output (DEPRECATED use !).
 
         DEPRECATED. Suboptimal, retained for backwards compatibility.
 
         You should use the form 'var = !command' instead. Example:
 
          "%sc -l myfiles = ls ~" should now be written as
 
          "myfiles = !ls ~"
 
         myfiles.s, myfiles.l and myfiles.n still apply as documented
         below.
 
         --
         %sc [options] varname=command
 
         IPython will run the given command using commands.getoutput(), and
         will then update the user's interactive namespace with a variable
         called varname, containing the value of the call.  Your command can
         contain shell wildcards, pipes, etc.
 
         The '=' sign in the syntax is mandatory, and the variable name you
         supply must follow Python's standard conventions for valid names.
 
         (A special format without variable name exists for internal use)
 
         Options:
 
           -l: list output.  Split the output on newlines into a list before
           assigning it to the given variable.  By default the output is stored
           as a single string.
 
           -v: verbose.  Print the contents of the variable.
 
         In most cases you should not need to split as a list, because the
         returned value is a special type of string which can automatically
         provide its contents either as a list (split on newlines) or as a
         space-separated string.  These are convenient, respectively, either
         for sequential processing or to be passed to a shell command.
 
         For example::
 
             # Capture into variable a
             In [1]: sc a=ls *py
 
             # a is a string with embedded newlines
             In [2]: a
             Out[2]: 'setup.py\\nwin32_manual_post_install.py'
 
             # which can be seen as a list:
             In [3]: a.l
             Out[3]: ['setup.py', 'win32_manual_post_install.py']
 
             # or as a whitespace-separated string:
             In [4]: a.s
             Out[4]: 'setup.py win32_manual_post_install.py'
 
             # a.s is useful to pass as a single command line:
             In [5]: !wc -l $a.s
               146 setup.py
               130 win32_manual_post_install.py
               276 total
 
             # while the list form is useful to loop over:
             In [6]: for f in a.l:
               ...:      !wc -l $f
               ...:
             146 setup.py
             130 win32_manual_post_install.py
 
         Similarly, the lists returned by the -l option are also special, in
         the sense that you can equally invoke the .s attribute on them to
         automatically get a whitespace-separated string from their contents::
 
             In [7]: sc -l b=ls *py
 
             In [8]: b
             Out[8]: ['setup.py', 'win32_manual_post_install.py']
 
             In [9]: b.s
             Out[9]: 'setup.py win32_manual_post_install.py'
 
         In summary, both the lists and strings used for output capture have
         the following special attributes::
 
             .l (or .list) : value as list.
             .n (or .nlstr): value as newline-separated string.
             .s (or .spstr): value as space-separated string.
         """
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s, 'lv')
         # Try to get a variable name and command to run
         try:
             # the variable name must be obtained from the parse_options
             # output, which uses shlex.split to strip options out.
             var,_ = args.split('=', 1)
             var = var.strip()
             # But the command has to be extracted from the original input
             # parameter_s, not on what parse_options returns, to avoid the
             # quote stripping which shlex.split performs on it.
             _,cmd = parameter_s.split('=', 1)
         except ValueError:
             var,cmd = '',''
         # If all looks ok, proceed
         split = 'l' in opts
         out = self.shell.getoutput(cmd, split=split)
         if 'v' in opts:
             print '%s ==\n%s' % (var, pformat(out))
         if var:
             self.shell.user_ns.update({var:out})
         else:
             return out
 
     @line_cell_magic
     def sx(self, line='', cell=None):
         """Shell execute - run shell command and capture output (!! is short-hand).
 
         %sx command
 
         IPython will run the given command using commands.getoutput(), and
         return the result formatted as a list (split on '\\n').  Since the
         output is _returned_, it will be stored in ipython's regular output
         cache Out[N] and in the '_N' automatic variables.
 
         Notes:
 
         1) If an input line begins with '!!', then %sx is automatically
         invoked.  That is, while::
 
           !ls
 
         causes ipython to simply issue system('ls'), typing::
 
           !!ls
 
         is a shorthand equivalent to::
 
           %sx ls
 
         2) %sx differs from %sc in that %sx automatically splits into a list,
         like '%sc -l'.  The reason for this is to make it as easy as possible
         to process line-oriented shell output via further python commands.
         %sc is meant to provide much finer control, but requires more
         typing.
 
         3) Just like %sc -l, this is a list with special attributes:
         ::
 
           .l (or .list) : value as list.
           .n (or .nlstr): value as newline-separated string.
           .s (or .spstr): value as whitespace-separated string.
 
         This is very useful when trying to use such lists as arguments to
         system commands."""
         
         if cell is None:
             # line magic
             return self.shell.getoutput(line)
         else:
             opts,args = self.parse_options(line, '', 'out=')
             output = self.shell.getoutput(cell)
             out_name = opts.get('out', opts.get('o'))
             if out_name:
                 self.shell.user_ns[out_name] = output
             else:
                 return output
 
     system = line_cell_magic('system')(sx)
     bang = cell_magic('!')(sx)
 
     @line_magic
     def bookmark(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Manage IPython's bookmark system.
 
         %bookmark <name>       - set bookmark to current dir
         %bookmark <name> <dir> - set bookmark to <dir>
         %bookmark -l           - list all bookmarks
         %bookmark -d <name>    - remove bookmark
         %bookmark -r           - remove all bookmarks
 
         You can later on access a bookmarked folder with::
 
           %cd -b <name>
 
         or simply '%cd <name>' if there is no directory called <name> AND
         there is such a bookmark defined.
 
         Your bookmarks persist through IPython sessions, but they are
         associated with each profile."""
 
         opts,args = self.parse_options(parameter_s,'drl',mode='list')
         if len(args) > 2:
             raise UsageError("%bookmark: too many arguments")
 
         bkms = self.shell.db.get('bookmarks',{})
 
         if 'd' in opts:
             try:
                 todel = args[0]
             except IndexError:
                 raise UsageError(
                     "%bookmark -d: must provide a bookmark to delete")
             else:
                 try:
                     del bkms[todel]
                 except KeyError:
                     raise UsageError(
                         "%%bookmark -d: Can't delete bookmark '%s'" % todel)
 
         elif 'r' in opts:
             bkms = {}
         elif 'l' in opts:
             bks = bkms.keys()
             bks.sort()
             if bks:
                 size = max(map(len, bks))
             else:
                 size = 0
             fmt = '%-'+str(size)+'s -> %s'
             print 'Current bookmarks:'
             for bk in bks:
                 print fmt % (bk, bkms[bk])
         else:
             if not args:
                 raise UsageError("%bookmark: You must specify the bookmark name")
             elif len(args)==1:
                 bkms[args[0]] = os.getcwdu()
             elif len(args)==2:
                 bkms[args[0]] = args[1]
         self.shell.db['bookmarks'] = bkms
 
     @line_magic
     def pycat(self, parameter_s=''):
         """Show a syntax-highlighted file through a pager.
 
         This magic is similar to the cat utility, but it will assume the file
         to be Python source and will show it with syntax highlighting.
 
         This magic command can either take a local filename, an url,
         an history range (see %history) or a macro as argument ::
 
         %pycat myscript.py
         %pycat 7-27
         %pycat myMacro
         %pycat http://www.example.com/myscript.py
         """
         if not parameter_s:
             raise UsageError('Missing filename, URL, input history range, '
                              'or macro.')
 
         try :
             cont = self.shell.find_user_code(parameter_s, skip_encoding_cookie=False)
         except (ValueError, IOError):
             print "Error: no such file, variable, URL, history range or macro"
             return
 
         page.page(self.shell.pycolorize(source_to_unicode(cont)))
 
     @magic_arguments.magic_arguments()
     @magic_arguments.argument(
         '-a', '--amend', action='store_true', default=False,
         help='Open file for amending if it exists'
     )
     @magic_arguments.argument(
         'filename', type=unicode,
         help='file to write'
     )
     @cell_magic
     def file(self, line, cell):
         """Write the contents of the cell to a file.
         
         For frontends that do not support stdin (Notebook), -f is implied.
         """
         args = magic_arguments.parse_argstring(self.file, line)
         filename = os.path.expanduser(unquote_filename(args.filename))
         
         if os.path.exists(filename):
             if args.amend:
                 print "Amending to %s" % filename
             else:
                 print "Overwriting %s" % filename
         else:
             print "Writing %s" % filename
         
         mode = 'a' if args.amend else 'w'
         with io.open(filename, mode, encoding='utf-8') as f:
             f.write(cell)