Get "path" objects via SList LSString mechanism, through

obj.p and obj.paths

IPython/genutils.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 b' General purpose utilities.'
 This is a grab-bag of stuff I find useful in most programs I write. Some of
 these things are also convenient when working at the command line.
 
-$Id: genutils.py 1013 2006-01-13 08:33:32Z fperez $"""
+$Id: genutils.py 1028 2006-01-16 21:42:33Z vivainio $"""
 
 #*****************************************************************************
 #       Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Fernando Perez. <[e-mail]>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 b' import types'
 # Other IPython utilities
 from IPython.Itpl import Itpl,itpl,printpl
 from IPython import DPyGetOpt
-
+from IPython.path import path
 if os.name == "nt":
     from IPython.winconsole import get_console_size
 
@@ -900,6 +900,16 b' class LSString(str):'
 
     n = nlstr = property(get_nlstr)
 
+    def get_paths(self):
+        try:
+            return self.__paths
+        except AttributeError:
+            self.__paths = [path(p) for p in self.split('\n') if os.path.exists(p)]
+            return self.__paths
+    
+    p = paths = property(get_paths)
+
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class SList(list):
     """List derivative with a special access attributes.
@@ -936,6 +946,15 b' class SList(list):'
 
     n = nlstr = property(get_nlstr)
 
+    def get_paths(self):
+        try:
+            return self.__paths
+        except AttributeError:
+            self.__paths = [path(p) for p in self if os.path.exists(p)]
+            return self.__paths
+    
+    p = paths = property(get_paths)
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def esc_quotes(strng):
     """Return the input string with single and double quotes escaped out"""

doc/ChangeLog

@@ -4,7 +4,11 b''
 	that returns file contents on exit.
 	
 	* IPython/path.py: Added Jason Orendorff's "path" module to 
-	IPython tree, http://www.jorendorff.com/articles/python/path/
+	IPython tree, http://www.jorendorff.com/articles/python/path/.
+	You can get path objects conveniently through %sc, and !!, e.g.:
+	 sc files=ls
+	 for p in files.paths: # or files.p
+	     print p,p.mtime
 	
 	* Ipython/iplib.py:"," and ";" autoquoting-upon-autocall 
 	now work again without considering the exclusion regexp -