13: Starting playing around with 'ipa' cli script

ipa

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Authors:
+#   Jason Gerard DeRose <jderose@redhat.com>
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2008  Red Hat
+# see file 'COPYING' for use and warranty information
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 only
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+
+"""
+Command Line Interface to IPA.
+"""
+
+import sys
+from ipalib.startup import api
+
+def print_commands():
+	print 'Commands:'
+	m = api.max_cmd_len
+	for c in api.commands:
+		c = c.replace('_', '-')
+		print '  %s  The help on %s' % (c.ljust(m), c)
+
+def print_help(cmd):
+	print 'Help on %s' % cmd
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+	print_commands()
+	print 'Usage: ipa COMMAND [OPTIONS]'
+	sys.exit(2)
+
+cmd = sys.argv[1]
+
+if cmd not in api.commands:
+	print_commands()
+	print 'ipa: ERROR: unknown command %r' % cmd
+	sys.exit(2)