''' Repeat the input as many times as you want. > repeat "hello" 8 > echo hi | repeat !i 4 ''' import argparse import sys from voussoirkit import pipeable def repeat_argparse(args): text = pipeable.input(args.text, split_lines=False) if args.times == 'inf': try: while True: print(text) except KeyboardInterrupt: return 0 else: try: times = int(args.times) except ValueError: pipeable.stderr('times should be an integer >= 1.') return 1 if times < 1: pipeable.stderr('times should be >= 1.') return 1 try: for t in range(times): print(text) except KeyboardInterrupt: return 1 def main(argv): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__) parser.add_argument('text') parser.add_argument('times') parser.set_defaults(func=repeat_argparse) args = parser.parse_args(argv) return args.func(args) if __name__ == '__main__': raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv[1:]))