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+"""
+Create a CLI with a nested command structure as follows. The commands 'second' and 'third' navigate the CLI to the scope
+of the submenu. Nesting of the submenus is done with the cmd2.AddSubmenu() decorator.
+
+      (Top Level)----second----->(2nd Level)----third----->(3rd Level)
+        |                            |                          |
+        ---> say                     ---> say                   ---> say
+
+
+
+"""
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import cmd2
+
+
+class ThirdLevel(cmd2.Cmd):
+    """To be used as a third level command class. """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        cmd2.Cmd.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.prompt = '3rdLevel '
+        self.top_level_attr = None
+        self.second_level_attr = None
+
+    def do_say(self, line):
+        print("You called a command in ThirdLevel with '%s'. " 
+              "It has access to second_level_attr: %s " 
+              "and second_level_attr: %s" % (line, self.top_level_attr, self.second_level_attr))
+
+    def help_say(self):
+        print("This is a third level submenu (submenu_ab). Options are qwe, asd, zxc")
+
+    def complete_say(self, text, line, begidx, endidx):
+        return [s for s in ['qwe', 'asd', 'zxc'] if s.startswith(text)]
+
+
+@cmd2.AddSubmenu(ThirdLevel(),
+                 command='third',
+                 aliases=('third_alias',),
+                 shared_attributes=dict(second_level_attr='second_level_attr', top_level_attr='top_level_attr'))
+class SecondLevel(cmd2.Cmd):
+    """To be used as a second level command class. """
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        cmd2.Cmd.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.prompt = '2ndLevel '
+        self.top_level_attr = None
+        self.second_level_attr = 987654321
+
+    def do_say(self, line):
+        print("You called a command in SecondLevel with '%s'. "
+              "It has access to top_level_attr: %s" % (line, self.top_level_attr))
+
+    def help_say(self):
+        print("This is a SecondLevel menu. Options are qwe, asd, zxc")
+
+    def complete_say(self, text, line, begidx, endidx):
+        return [s for s in ['qwe', 'asd', 'zxc'] if s.startswith(text)]
+
+
+
+@cmd2.AddSubmenu(SecondLevel(),
+                 command='second',
+                 aliases=('second_alias',),
+                 shared_attributes=dict(top_level_attr='top_level_attr'))
+class TopLevel(cmd2.Cmd):
+    """To be used as the main / top level command class that will contain other submenus."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        cmd2.Cmd.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.prompt = 'TopLevel '
+        self.top_level_attr = 123456789
+
+    def do_say(self, line):
+        print("You called a command in TopLevel with '%s'. "
+              "TopLevel has attribute top_level_attr=%s" % (line, self.top_level_attr))
+
+    def help_say(self):
+        print("This is a top level submenu. Options are qwe, asd, zxc")
+
+    def complete_say(self, text, line, begidx, endidx):
+        return [s for s in ['qwe', 'asd', 'zxc'] if s.startswith(text)]
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    root = TopLevel()
+    root.cmdloop()
+