boxespy/scripts/boxes

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse
import os
import sys
from pprint import pprint

try:
    import boxes
except ImportError:
    sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/..")
    import boxes

import boxes.generators

def printusage():
    print("""Usage:
boxes [NAME] [options]
  --list	list possible names
  --help	show help for given NAME
""")

def main():
    modules = boxes.generators.getAllBoxGenerators()
    
    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
        printusage()
    elif sys.argv[1] in modules:
        name = sys.argv[1]
        sys.argv[0] = "%s %s" % (sys.argv[0], sys.argv[1])
        del sys.argv[1]
        modules[name].main()
    elif sys.argv[1] == '--list':
        print("Available generators:")
        for name in sorted(modules):
            print(" * ", name)
    else:
        print("Unknown generator name. Use boxes --list to get a list of available commands.")

main()