spellbook 1.0.1

store and search command lines

store and search command lines

problem

The inspiration is user experience in opennssl command line tool. In one of my previous project I was working with openssl command line tool. In the examples below I will use openssl to show you how to use spellbook.

get started

The idea is to create ‘book’ for openssl.

install spellbook:

$ pip install spellbook

create your first spellbook, called openssl:

$ spellbook openssl create

then create spellbook for linux:

$ spellbook linux create

add

add some data to it, three ways are possible:

format:

$ spellbook <book_name> add [command [description]]

add with command and description:

$ spellbook openssl add "openssl rand 16 -hex" "generate random 16 bytes and encode as hex"
openssl rand 16 -hex::generate random 16 bytes and encode as hex

add with only command:

$ spellbook openssl add "openssl asn1parse -in 3msg.enc.der -inform der"
provide description>> show asn1 encoded file
openssl asn1parse -in 3msg.enc.der -inform der::show asn1 encoded file

add without command:

$ spellbook openssl add
provide command>> openssl des3 -d -in 3msg.enc.msg -K `xxd -p 3msg.dec.key` -iv `xxd -p 3msg.iv`
provide description>> decode file using des3 with key and iv
openssl des3 -d -in 3msg.enc.msg -K `xxd -p 3msg.dec.key` -iv `xxd -p 3msg.iv`::decode file using des3 with key and iv

add something to linux book:

$ spellbook linux add "tar -xvzf file.tar.gz" "extract tar.gz archive"
tar -xvzf file.tar.gz::extract tar.gz archive

search

search in book openssl:

$ spellbook openssl search rand
openssl rand 16 -hex

or in all books ( - means all ):

$ spellbook - search extract
tar -xvzf file.tar.gz

search any word:

$ spellbook - search openssl d
openssl rand 16 -hex
openssl asn1parse -in 3msg.enc.der -inform der
openssl des3 -d -in 3msg.enc.msg -K `xxd -p 3msg.dec.key` -iv `xxd -p 3msg.iv`

or full pharse:

$ spellbook - search "openssl d"
openssl des3 -d -in 3msg.enc.msg -K `xxd -p 3msg.dec.key` -iv `xxd -p 3msg.iv`

list

list all spells:

$ spellbook openssl list
openssl rand 16 -hex    ::>>    generate random 16 bytes and encode as hex
openssl asn1parse -in 3msg.enc.der -inform der  ::>>    show asn1 encoded file
openssl des3 -d -in 3msg.enc.msg -K `xxd -p 3msg.dec.key` -iv `xxd -p 3msg.iv`  ::>>    decode file using des3 with key and iv

future work

• builtin support for github repositories to store all spellbooks

• some hack to end parse arguments