Print warning if a user tries to run a *.py file with run_script and ask them if they want to continue

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cmd2/cmd2.py b/cmd2/cmd2.py
index f2da5927..a74b6c30 100644
--- a/cmd2/cmd2.py
+++ b/cmd2/cmd2.py
@@ -3659,7 +3659,7 @@ class Cmd(cmd.Cmd):
         # Check if all commands ran
         if commands_run < len(history):
             warning = "Command {} triggered a stop and ended transcript generation early".format(commands_run)
-            self.perror(ansi.style_warning(warning))
+            self.perror(ansi.style_warning(warning), apply_style=False)
 
         # finally, we can write the transcript out to the file
         try:
@@ -3748,6 +3748,13 @@ class Cmd(cmd.Cmd):
             self.perror("'{}' is not an ASCII or UTF-8 encoded text file".format(expanded_path))
             return
 
+        if expanded_path.endswith('.py') or expanded_path.endswith('.pyc'):
+            self.perror(ansi.style_warning("'{}' appears to be a Python file".format(expanded_path)),
+                        apply_style=False)
+            selection = self.select('Yes No', 'Continue to try to run it as a text file script? ')
+            if selection != 'Yes':
+                return
+
         try:
             # Read all lines of the script
             with open(expanded_path, encoding='utf-8') as target: