Shell pipelines in Python using shell-like syntax
Project description
This is a beta release. The library may be changed significantly.
- Release Date:
2010-03-11
Rationale
Python is a good choice for many software tools, but it lacks clarity and simplicity of command shells when it comes to running command pipelines from scripts. The standard subprocess module provides basic inter-processing tools, but it requires lots of lines to express a single shell line.
iterpipes is trying to overcome this limitation by representing a shell command pipeline as a function over iterables, similar to functions from the standard itertools module.
Getting Started
Download and install iterpipes
Read the introduction
Get familiar with the iterpipes API
The simplest way to install iterpipes is via pip or easy_install:
$ pip install iterpipes
Packages for Arch Linux and FreeBSD are also available.
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