mlpayer FileName

#!/usr/bin/env python


import argparse
import os,sys
import string
import commands 

macros='/home/'+os.getlogin()+'/.fselect.macros'
desc="Using simple macroses and access to files. Macros is like \"cat <file>\", </file><file> will be replace to selected file name, <files> for more than one file and <out> for output"
epil="COPYRIGHT:POMKALK. VERSION:1.1 E-MAIL:[email protected]. This is the opensourse project by GNU\Linux."


def getnum(List,text="Enter the number: ",err="You have to enter the Number!",minz=1,null=False):
        while 1:  
            try:
                  ans=int(raw_input(text))
                  if (ans&lt;minz) or (ans&gt;len(List)): raise ValueError
                     break
                except ValueError:
                    if null:
                               return minz-1
                  else:
                         print err
                             print minz,"<=NUM<=",len(List)
                except KeyboardInterrupt:
                     print "\nStopped by",os.getlogin()
                  sys.exit(1)
              except:
                       print "\nFATAL ERROR"
                  sys.exit(0)
      return ans

def add_macros(mac):

        if mac.count("</out></files></file><file>")&gt;1:
              print "Macros has to include one of </file><file>"
                sys.exit(1)
      elif mac.count("<files>")&gt;1:
          print "Macros has to include one of </files><files>"
              sys.exit(1)
      elif (mac.count("</files></file><file>")==1) and (mac.count("<files>")==1):
            print "Macros can include </files></file><file> or <files>"
           sys.exit(1)
      try:
          f=open(macros,"a")
         print&gt;&gt;f,mac
            f.close()
               print "Macros \""+mac+"\" is added"
 except IOError:
               print "Cant open macros list"
         sys.exit(1)
      except:
               print "\nFATAL ERROR"
          sys.exit(1)
 

def list_macros():
 print "List of Macroses:"
     try:
          f=open(macros)
           l=f.readlines()
           f.close()
               for i in xrange(len(l)):
                  print str(i+1)+")",l<i>.strip()
             return l
      except IOError,x:
               print "NO MACROSES"
   except:
               print "\nFATAL ERROR"
          sys.exit(1)

def remove_macros():
    l=list_macros()
 if (l != None) and (len(l)&gt;0):
                ans=getnum(l)
     else:
         print "Macros list is clear"
          sys.exit(0)
      removed=l.pop(ans-1)
 try:
          f=open(macros,"w")
         for i in l:
                     print&gt;&gt;f,i.strip()
         f.close()
               print removed.strip(),"is removed"
        except IOError,x:
               print "Error, Try again"
      except:
               print "\nFATAL ERROR"
          sys.exit(1)
 

def get_dirlist(args):
       lc = "ls -1"

       if args.sortr: lc=lc+"r"
      if args.sortt: lc=lc + "t"
    elif args.sorts: lc=lc+"S"

      if args.format:
         lc = lc + " *." + args.format
       lc = lc +" | while read i; do if < ! -d \"$i\" >; then echo \"$i\"; fi; done"
 dl = commands.getoutput(lc)
        dl=dl.split("\n")
   if len(dl)&gt;0:
           return dl
    else:
                print "Folder is Empty!"
             sys.exit(1)

def print_dirlist(dl):
 print "List of Files of Current Directory:"
  for i in xrange(len(dl)):
                print str(i+1)+")",dl</i><i> 

def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=desc,epilog=epil)
   actgroup = parser.add_argument_group("Actions")
    actgroup.add_argument("-a","--add",metavar="\"Command\"",action="store",dest='add',help="Add new MACROS to MACROS' data bese, has include </i></files></file><file>")
    actgroup.add_argument("-r","--remove",action="store_true",dest="remove",help="Remove the macros from macros' list")
        actgroup.add_argument("-l","--list",action="store_true",dest="list",help="List all macroses")
  parser.add_argument("-f","--format",metavar="%FORMAT%",action="store",dest="format",help="set format for search")
   parser.add_argument("-b","--background",action="store_true",dest="bg",help="Run in BackGround like \"prog file &\"")
     parser.add_argument("-v","--version",action="version",version="Version 1.1 by PomkaLK",help="Show Version and exit")
   parser.add_argument("-o","--output",action="store",dest="output",help="Set output in macros \"<out>\"")
    sortg = parser.add_argument_group("SORT")
  sortg.add_argument("-t","--sort-time",action="store_true",dest="sortt",help="Sort files by Modefy Time")
       sortg.add_argument("-s","--sort-size",action="store_true",dest="sorts",help="Sort by File Size")
       sortg.add_argument("-R","--sort-reverse",action="store_true",dest="sortr",help="Reverse sort")
 
   args=parser.parse_args()
 
   if args.list:
           list_macros()
                sys.exit(0)
     elif args.add:
          add_macros(args.add)
             sys.exit(0)
     elif args.remove:
               remove_macros()
              sys.exit(0)
 
       maclist=list_macros()
  if (maclist == None) or (len(maclist)&lt;=0):
            print "Macros list is empty!"
                sys.exit(0)
     else:
                ans=getnum(maclist,"Enter the number of macros: ")
         cmd=maclist<ans-1>.strip()
            if cmd.count("</ans-1></out><out>")&gt;0:
                   if args.output:
                         cmd=cmd.replace("</out><out>","\""+args.output+"\"")
                     else:
                                while 1:
                                     ans=raw_input("Enter the output: ")
                                     if len(ans)&gt;0:break
                              cmd=cmd.replace("</out><out>","\""+ans+"\"")                                
           if cmd.count("</out></file><file>")==1:
                   dirlist=get_dirlist(args)
                        print_dirlist(dirlist)
                 ans=getnum(dirlist,"Enter the number of File: ")
                   cmd=cmd.replace("</file><file>","\""+dirlist<ans-1>.strip()+"\"")
              elif cmd.count("<files>")==1:
                 dirlist=get_dirlist(args)
                        print_dirlist(dirlist)
                 ans=1
                        files=""
                      while 1:
                             ans = getnum(dirlist,"Enter the number of file (anything-stop, 0-print files): ","Error: Need Number",0,True)
                          if ans==0: print_dirlist(dirlist)
                          elif ans&gt;0: files=files+" \""+dirlist</files></ans-1><ans-1>.strip()+"\""
                         elif ans&lt;0:
                                   if len(files)==0:
                                                print "You have Select one or more files!"
                                   else:
                                                break
                       cmd=cmd.replace("<files>",files)
               if args.bg: cmd=cmd+" &"
             os.system(cmd)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
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