Shell Interface
A lightweight Python library providing convenient utilities to interact with UNIX shells.
Features
- Execute shell commands safely with error handling
- Pipe the output of one command to another
- Retrieve system user and group information
- Logging support with
loguru(if installed)
Usage
Running Shell Commands
from shell_interface import run_cmd
result = run_cmd(cmd=["ls", "-l"], capture_output=True)
print(result.stdout.decode())
Piping Commands
from shell_interface import pipe_pass_cmd_to_real_cmd
result = pipe_pass_cmd_to_real_cmd("echo Hello", ["grep", "Hello"])
print(result.stdout.decode())
Getting User and Group Information
from shell_interface import get_user, get_group
user = get_user()
group = get_group(user)
print(f"User: {user}, Group: {group}")
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