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-rw-r--r--CHANGELOG.md3
-rw-r--r--cmd2/cmd2.py6
-rw-r--r--docs/unfreefeatures.rst7
-rwxr-xr-xexamples/exit_code.py45
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e08e5a75..7fbc7594 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
## 0.9.5 (TBD, 2018)
* Bug Fixes
* Fixed bug where ``get_all_commands`` could return non-callable attributes
+* Enhancements
+ * Added ``exit_code`` attribute of ``cmd2.Cmd`` class
+ * Enables applications to return a non-zero exit code when exiting from ``cmdloop``
## 0.9.4 (August 21, 2018)
* Bug Fixes
diff --git a/cmd2/cmd2.py b/cmd2/cmd2.py
index 58972232..a17e128f 100644
--- a/cmd2/cmd2.py
+++ b/cmd2/cmd2.py
@@ -523,6 +523,9 @@ class Cmd(cmd.Cmd):
# This boolean flag determines whether or not the cmd2 application can interact with the clipboard
self.can_clip = can_clip
+ # This determines if a non-zero exit code should be used when exiting the application
+ self.exit_code = None
+
# ----- Methods related to presenting output to the user -----
@property
@@ -3227,6 +3230,9 @@ Script should contain one command per line, just like command would be typed in
func()
self.postloop()
+ if self.exit_code is not None:
+ sys.exit(self.exit_code)
+
###
#
# plugin related functions
diff --git a/docs/unfreefeatures.rst b/docs/unfreefeatures.rst
index 41144c8f..cd27745d 100644
--- a/docs/unfreefeatures.rst
+++ b/docs/unfreefeatures.rst
@@ -182,3 +182,10 @@ Presents numbered options to user, as bash ``select``.
2. salty
Sauce? 2
wheaties with salty sauce, yum!
+
+
+Exit code to shell
+==================
+The ``self.exit_code`` attribute of your ``cmd2`` application controls
+what exit code is sent to the shell when your application exits from
+``cmdloop()``.
diff --git a/examples/exit_code.py b/examples/exit_code.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e5a896da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/exit_code.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# coding=utf-8
+"""A simple example demonstrating the following how to emit a non-zero exit code in your cmd2 application.
+"""
+import cmd2
+import sys
+from typing import List
+
+
+class ReplWithExitCode(cmd2.Cmd):
+ """ Example cmd2 application where we can specify an exit code when existing."""
+
+ def __init__(self):
+ super().__init__()
+
+ @cmd2.with_argument_list
+ def do_exit(self, arg_list: List[str]) -> bool:
+ """Exit the application with an optional exit code.
+
+Usage: exit [exit_code]
+ Where:
+ * exit_code - integer exit code to return to the shell
+"""
+ # If an argument was provided
+ if arg_list:
+ try:
+ self.exit_code = int(arg_list[0])
+ except ValueError:
+ self.perror("{} isn't a valid integer exit code".format(arg_list[0]))
+ self.exit_code = -1
+
+ self._should_quit = True
+ return self._STOP_AND_EXIT
+
+ def postloop(self) -> None:
+ """Hook method executed once when the cmdloop() method is about to return.
+
+ """
+ code = self.exit_code if self.exit_code is not None else 0
+ print('{!r} exiting with code: {}'.format(sys.argv[0], code))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ app = ReplWithExitCode()
+ app.cmdloop()