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+import sys
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+)
+
+from rich import Console
+
+try:
+    from typing import (
+        Protocol,
+        runtime_checkable,
+)
+except ImportError:
+    from typing_extensions import (  # type: ignore[misc]
+        Protocol,
+        runtime_checkable,
+    )
+
+
+class Cmd2PrintProtocol(Protocol):
+    debug: bool
+
+    def poutput(self, msg: Any = '', *, end: str = '\n') -> None:
+        """Print message to self.stdout and appends a newline by default
+
+        Also handles BrokenPipeError exceptions for when a command's output has
+        been piped to another process and that process terminates before the
+        cmd2 command is finished executing.
+
+        :param msg: object to print
+        :param end: string appended after the end of the message, default a newline
+        """
+
+    # noinspection PyMethodMayBeStatic
+    def perror(self, msg: Any = '', *, end: str = '\n', apply_style: bool = True) -> None:
+        """Print message to sys.stderr
+
+        :param msg: object to print
+        :param end: string appended after the end of the message, default a newline
+        :param apply_style: If True, then ansi.style_error will be applied to the message text. Set to False in cases
+                            where the message text already has the desired style. Defaults to True.
+        """
+
+    def pwarning(self, msg: Any = '', *, end: str = '\n', apply_style: bool = True) -> None:
+        """Wraps perror, but applies ansi.style_warning by default
+
+        :param msg: object to print
+        :param end: string appended after the end of the message, default a newline
+        :param apply_style: If True, then ansi.style_warning will be applied to the message text. Set to False in cases
+                            where the message text already has the desired style. Defaults to True.
+        """
+
+    def pexcept(self, msg: Any, *, end: str = '\n', apply_style: bool = True) -> None:
+        """Print Exception message to sys.stderr. If debug is true, print exception traceback if one exists.
+
+        :param msg: message or Exception to print
+        :param end: string appended after the end of the message, default a newline
+        :param apply_style: If True, then ansi.style_error will be applied to the message text. Set to False in cases
+                            where the message text already has the desired style. Defaults to True.
+        """
+
+
+class RichCmd(Cmd2PrintProtocol):
+    """
+    Mixin class that swaps out the cmd2.Cmd output calls to use the ``rich`` library.
+
+    NOTE: Mixin classes should be placed to the left of the base Cmd class in the inheritance declaration.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+        super(RichCmd, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.rich_out = Console(file=self.stdout)
+        self.rich_err = Console(stderr=True)
+
+    def pexcept(self, msg: Any, *, end: str = '\n', apply_style: bool = True) -> None:
+        if self.debug and sys.exc_info() != (None, None, None):
+            self.rich_err.print_exception(show_locals=True)
+        else:
+            super().pexcept(msg, end=end, apply_style=apply_style)
+
+
+
+