Partial command parse

[Sripadvallabh]

Hi folks,

I have 3 commands in my cmd2 application: namely device, start, stop. Is it possible for me to invoke do_device() just by pressing 'd' alone because from all the possible cmd list it seems only 'device' matches so it should be able to invoke the same right? Is there a setting that can enable this???

Alias is a fine solution to this problem, but i am thinking if this auto command match works with cmd2.

[anselor]

I don't recall if it's covered in our tests or is still functional, but this plug-in exists.
https://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2-abbrev

[Sripadvallabh]

thanks for calling it out

[Sripadvallabh]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "laut.py", line 2149, in <module>
    deviceShell = lautShell()
  File "laut.py", line 60, in __init__
    super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/nobackup/araradha/pyats/lib/python3.8/site-packages/cmd2_abbrev/abbrev.py", line 17, in __init__
    self.add_settable(cmd2.Settable('abbrev', bool, 'Accept command abbreviations'))
TypeError: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'settable_object'

[Sripadvallabh]

Getting above error

[Sripadvallabh]

i see that add_settable() has a different signature now. So is there any way the plugin could work??

[tleonhardt]

@Sripadvallabh Feel free to submit a PR to fix the cmd2-abbrev extension for the updated settable