edk0 / spy

A Python CLI

spy: a Python CLI

pip install spy-cli

spy stands for “stream python”. It's a CLI for python that chains fragments of code together. It's inspired by pyped and pythonpy.

I built spy primarily because I wanted a more pure interface than either of the above offer; I'd like to think I succeeded, but I'm sure it can be improved upon, so please let me know if you see a way to make it nicer.

spy is compatible with, and thoroughly tested on, Python 3.5 and newer.

The docs, including introduction, are available on ReadTheDocs.

If you have any suggestions or feedback or anything, I'll probably be in #spy on irc.libera.chat.

Example (more here)

$ spy -lfc 'len == 4' < /usr/share/dict/words
Aani
Aaru
abac
abas
Abba
Abby
abed
Abel
abet
abey
…

spy's Issues

try: except:?

spy is a great tool, thanks.

I wonder if I can do something like try: pipe[3]; except: pass. I usually filter out anything that raises an exception, but currently I have an example where filtering out is a lot of work.