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Alias code cleanup
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# 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 -G'),
# long ls
('ll', 'ls -F -l -G'),
# ls normal files only
('lf', 'ls -F -l -G %l | grep ^-'),
# ls symbolic links
('lk', 'ls -F -l -G %l | grep ^l'),
# directories or links to directories,
('ldir', 'ls -F -G -l %l | grep /$'),
# things which are executable
('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
class AliasCaller(object):
def __init__(self, shell, cmd):
self.shell = shell
self.cmd = cmd
self.nargs = cmd.count('%s')
if (self.nargs > 0) and (cmd.find('%l') >= 0):
raise InvalidAliasError('The %s and %l specifiers are mutually '
'exclusive in alias definitions.')
def __call__(self, rest=''):
cmd = self.cmd
nargs = self.nargs
# 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:]))
self.shell.system(cmd)
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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, **kwargs):
super(AliasManager, self).__init__(shell=shell, **kwargs)
self.alias_table = {}
self.init_exclusions()
self.init_aliases()
@property
def aliases(self):
linemagics = self.shell.magics_manager.magics['line']
return [(n, func.cmd) for (n, func) in linemagics.items()
if isinstance(func, AliasCaller)]
def init_exclusions(self):
# set of things NOT to alias (keywords, builtins and some magics)
no_alias = {'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):
for name, cmd in self.aliases:
self.undefine_alias(name)
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.
"""
self.validate_alias(name, cmd)
caller = AliasCaller(shell=self.shell, cmd=cmd)
self.shell.magics_manager.register_function(caller, magic_kind='line',
magic_name=name)
def undefine_alias(self, name):
linemagics = self.shell.magics_manager.magics['line']
caller = linemagics.get(name, None)
if isinstance(caller, AliasCaller):
del linemagics[name]
else:
raise ValueError('%s is not an alias' % 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)
return True
def retrieve_alias(self, name):
"""Retrieve the command to which an alias expands."""
caller = self.shell.magics_manager.magics['line'].get(name, None)
if isinstance(caller, AliasCaller):
return caller.cmd
else:
raise ValueError('%s is not an alias' % name)