Better handling of KeyboardInterrupt in cmd.Cmd command line interpreter

Question

While using python\'s cmd.Cmd to create a custom CLI, how do I tell the handler to abort the current line and give me a new prompt?

Here is a minimal example:

Answer 1

I'm currently working on a creation of a Shell by using the Cmd module. I've been confronted with the same issue, and I found a solution.

Here is the code:

class Shell(Cmd, object)
...
    def cmdloop(self, intro=None):
        print(self.intro)
        while True:
            try:
                super(Shell, self).cmdloop(intro="")
                break
            except KeyboardInterrupt:
                print("^C")
...

Now you have a proper KeyboardInterrupt (aka CTRL-C) handler within the shell.