Example of cmd.Cmd class

CmdExample.py

# file test.py
import cmd
class HelloWorld(cmd.Cmd):    
    def do_greet(self,person=''):
        print "hello,",person        
    def help_greet(self):
        print '\n'.join(['greet [person]',
                         'greet the named person',
                         ])
    def complete_greet(self,text,line,begidx,endix):
        friends = ['harry','roger','erica']
        if not text:
            return friends
        else:
            return [f for f in friends 
            if f.startswith(text)]
        
    
    def do_EOF(self,line):
        return True
    
    def do_quit(self,line):
        print "quit"
        return True

if __name__ == '__main__':
    HelloWorld().cmdloop()

Cmd example