mash/main.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import os
import socket
import subprocess
from colorama import Fore
from os.path import expanduser

version = "0.1.0"
user = os.getlogin()
initDirectory = expanduser("~") 
currentDirectory = initDirectory

argList = ["", ""]

print("Welcome to Mash, " + user + "@" + socket.gethostname() + "! Mash is currently on version " + version)

try:
    while True:
        os.chdir(currentDirectory)
        command = input(Fore.GREEN + user + Fore.WHITE + "@" + socket.gethostname() + Fore.BLUE + " " + currentDirectory + Fore.WHITE + " > ")
        argNumber = 0
        argList.clear()
        for letter in command:
            if letter == " ":
                argNumber = argNumber + 1
            else:
                try:
                    argList[argNumber] = argList[argNumber] + letter
                except Exception:
                    argList.append(letter)
        if argList[0] == "help":
            print("This is Mash, Max's Shell. Mash has a few built in commands, which you can use to run commands, view files and interact with your system.")
            print("Some commands you can run:")
            print("")
            print("pwd      Print directory you are currently in")
            print("cd       Change your directory.")
            print("cat      View contents of a file.")
            print("version  Print current version of Mash.")
            print("exit     Exit Mash.")
            print("")
            print("You can also run commands installed by your system. See your OS's documentation for more information.")
        elif argList[0] == "exit":
            exit()
        elif argList[0] == "version":
            print(version)
        elif argList[0] == "cd":
            try:
                directoryForCD = argList[1]
                if directoryForCD[0] == "~":
                    currentDirectory = expanduser("~") + directoryForCD.replace("~", "")
                if directoryForCD[0] == "/":
                    currentDirectory = directoryForCD
                else:
                    currentDirectory = (currentDirectory + "/" + directoryForCD)            
            except Exception:
                print("Either a directory was not provided or an error occured.")
        else:
            try:
                subprocess.run(argList)
            except Exception:
                print("Command", command, "either doesn't exist, isn't in the path or isn't in this directory.")
#except Exception:
#    print("Looks like there was an error. Exiting...")
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print(" detected! Exiting...")