enabled calling commands from shell w/o entering cli

cfs_manager/cli.py

@@ -246,30 +246,42 @@ def find_text(s):
     else:
         return s
 
-def main():
+def loop():
     """The main operational loop of the CLI"""
     fs = Main_FS()
     print()
     while True:
         cmd = input('(CFS_Manager) >>> ')
-
         if (cmd == '--quit') or (cmd == '-q'):
             break
-        elif cmd == '--commands':
-            list_commands_summary(fs)
-        elif (cmd == '--commands --verbose') or (cmd == '--commands -v'):
-            list_commands_long(fs)
-        elif 'xyzzy' in cmd.lower():
-            print("Nothing happens")
-
         else:
-            cmd = find_text(cmd)
-            if type(cmd) is list:
-                cmd = cmd[0].split()+[cmd[1]]+cmd[2].split()
-            else:
-                cmd = cmd.split()
-            evaluator(fs, cmd)
+            main(fs, cmd)
     print("Thank you for using CFS_Manager. Goodbye!\n")
 
+def once():
+    """For performing a single action from the shell w/o launching the CLI"""
+    fs = Main_FS()
+    del sys.argv[0]
+    cmd = ' '.join(sys.argv)
+    print()
+    main(fs, cmd)
+
+def main(fs, cmd):
+    """Evaluates a few basic commands; splits up others to be passed to the dedicated evaluator"""
+    if cmd == '--commands':
+        list_commands_summary(fs)
+    elif (cmd == '--commands --verbose') or (cmd == '--commands -v'):
+        list_commands_long(fs)
+    elif 'xyzzy' in cmd.lower():
+        print("Nothing happens")
+
+    else:
+        cmd = find_text(cmd)
+        if type(cmd) is list:
+            cmd = cmd[0].split()+[cmd[1]]+cmd[2].split()
+        else:
+            cmd = cmd.split()
+        evaluator(fs, cmd)
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    once()

setup.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ def readme():
         return f.read()
 
 setup(name="CFS_Manager",
-    version='1.2.0',
+    version='1.2.1a',
     description="A virtual filesystem for accessing storage on multiple cloud services.",
     long_description=readme(),
     classifiers=[
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ def readme():
         ],
     entry_points='''
       [console_scripts]
-      cfs_manager=cfs_manager.cli:main
-      cfs-manager=cfs_manager.cli:main
-      cfsm=cfs_manager.cli:main
+      cfs_manager=cfs_manager.cli:loop
+      cfs-manager=cfs_manager.cli:loop
+      cfsm=cfs_manager.cli:loop
+
+      cfs-do=cfs_manager.cli:once
       cfs-watch=cfs_manager.cfs_watcher:main
       cfs-config=cfs_manager.configuration:main
     ''',