X-Git-Url: https://git.ralfj.de/saartuer.git/blobdiff_plain/83d646a505bed8c75eef15855da7046e5854106d..df7d5268c3bee2e973ca285d97d1a3a77de24743:/tyshell?ds=inline

diff --git a/tyshell b/tyshell
index 9350e12..4429c35 100755
--- a/tyshell
+++ b/tyshell
@@ -63,12 +63,20 @@ while True:
 		break
 	command = shlex.split(command)
 	if not len(command): continue
-	# execute command
-	if command[0] in commands:
+	# find suiting commands
+	if command[0] in commands: # needed in case a complete command is a prefix of another one
+		cmdoptions = [command[0]]
+	else:
+		cmdoptions = list(filter(lambda x: command[0].startswith(x), commands.keys()))
+	if len(cmdoptions) == 0: # no commands fit prefix
+		print("Command %s not found. Use help." % command[0])
+	elif len(cmdoptions) == 1: # exactly one command fits (prefix)
 		try:
-			commands[command[0]](command)
+			commands[cmdoptions[0]](command)
 		except Exception as e:
 			print("Error while executing %s: %s" % (command[0], str(e)))
-	else:
-		print("Command %s not found. Use help." % command[0])
+	else: # multiple commands fit the prefix
+		print("Ambiguous command prefix, please choose one of the following:")
+		print("\t", " ".join(cmdoptions))
+		# TODO: put current "command[0]" into the shell for the next command, but such that it is deletable with backspace