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| author | Todd Leonhardt <todd.leonhardt@gmail.com> | 2019-11-02 16:12:21 -0400 |
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| committer | Todd Leonhardt <todd.leonhardt@gmail.com> | 2019-11-02 16:12:21 -0400 |
| commit | 721cb0fa2e96222fe0b181d5adff8fa41465da70 (patch) | |
| tree | 9bb6c2958427ca10a1419eeeb0140502896cfc13 /docs/features/startup_commands.rst | |
| parent | f3cebffef9bf1b562e1da39ea1ef11d18e6b6b39 (diff) | |
| download | cmd2-git-721cb0fa2e96222fe0b181d5adff8fa41465da70.tar.gz | |
Added some clarifying extra info about using commands at invocation
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diff --git a/docs/features/startup_commands.rst b/docs/features/startup_commands.rst index 453586d3..93984db6 100644 --- a/docs/features/startup_commands.rst +++ b/docs/features/startup_commands.rst @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Commands At Invocation You can send commands to your app as you invoke it by including them as extra arguments to the program. ``cmd2`` interprets each argument as a separate command, so you should enclose each command in quotation marks if it is more -than a one-word command. +than a one-word command. You can use either single or double quotes for this +purpose. .. code-block:: shell @@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ than a one-word command. hello Gracie +You can end your commands with a **quit** command so that your ``cmd2`` +application runs like a non-interactive command-line utility (CLU). This +means that it can then be scripted from an external application and easily used +in automation. .. note:: |