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| -rw-r--r-- | cmd2/cmd2.py | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | cmd2/parsing.py | 2 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/cmd2/cmd2.py b/cmd2/cmd2.py index 604ac617..ccf463b2 100644 --- a/cmd2/cmd2.py +++ b/cmd2/cmd2.py @@ -2228,13 +2228,14 @@ class Cmd(cmd.Cmd): self.perror(errmsg, traceback_war=False) return - if not args.command: + stripped_command = args.command.strip() + if not stripped_command: errmsg = "An alias cannot resolve to an empty string" self.perror(errmsg, traceback_war=False) return # Build the alias command string - command = args.command + ' ' + ' '.join(utils.quote_string_if_needed(args.command_args)) + command = stripped_command + ' ' + ' '.join(utils.quote_string_if_needed(args.command_args)) # Set the alias self.aliases[args.name] = command @@ -2290,8 +2291,8 @@ class Cmd(cmd.Cmd): alias_subparsers = alias_parser.add_subparsers() # alias -> create - alias_create_help = "define an alias" - alias_create_description = "Define an alias" + alias_create_help = "create or overwrite an alias" + alias_create_description = "Create or overwrite an alias" alias_create_epilog = "Notes:\n" alias_create_epilog += " If you want to use redirection or pipes in the alias, then quote them to prevent\n" diff --git a/cmd2/parsing.py b/cmd2/parsing.py index e8b2aaaa..c21da920 100644 --- a/cmd2/parsing.py +++ b/cmd2/parsing.py @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class StatementParser: valid = False if not word: - return False, 'cannot be empty' + return False, 'cannot be an empty string' errmsg = 'cannot start with a shortcut: ' errmsg += ', '.join(shortcut for (shortcut, expansion) in self.shortcuts) |