Creating Command Line Tools With Python
The Python standard library has many modules that make creating commandline tools quite simple. Often command line tools are made with pure Python modules, or are a mixture of calls to a operating system and Python, through the subprocess module.
PyCon2008 Presentation: [http://code.noahgift.com/pycon2008/pycon2008_cli_noahgift.pdf Creating Command Line Tools with Python] [Source Code http://code.noahgift.com/pycon2008/pycon2008_cli_noahgift.zip]