Merge branch 'bash_completion' into bash_to_pyscript

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cmd2/utils.py b/cmd2/utils.py
index 167879aa..a975c6b8 100644
--- a/cmd2/utils.py
+++ b/cmd2/utils.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import collections
 from . import constants
 
+
 def strip_ansi(text: str) -> str:
     """Strip ANSI escape codes from a string.
 
@@ -14,6 +15,19 @@ def strip_ansi(text: str) -> str:
     return constants.ANSI_ESCAPE_RE.sub('', text)
 
 
+def strip_quotes(arg: str) -> str:
+    """ Strip outer quotes from a string.
+
+     Applies to both single and double quotes.
+
+    :param arg:  string to strip outer quotes from
+    :return: same string with potentially outer quotes stripped
+    """
+    if len(arg) > 1 and arg[0] == arg[-1] and arg[0] in constants.QUOTES:
+        arg = arg[1:-1]
+    return arg
+
+
 def namedtuple_with_defaults(typename, field_names, default_values=()):
     """
     Convenience function for defining a namedtuple with default values
@@ -41,3 +55,4 @@ def namedtuple_with_defaults(typename, field_names, default_values=()):
         prototype = T(*default_values)
     T.__new__.__defaults__ = tuple(prototype)
     return T
+