Command Line and Terminal

argparse, getpass, cmd and curses.

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Build command-line interfaces with options, help text and validation.

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Ask for a password without echoing it, and get the current user name.

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Build simple interactive command shells (like a device console).

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Full-screen text interfaces in the terminal (Unix; use windows-curses on Windows).

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