Python pipe helper:

The py script makes bash hacking easier by allowing python expressions to be intermixed.

py takes expression arguments that will be executed on all piped strings.

For example, you can help get pids for Xorg processes:

$ ps aux | grep Xorg | py 'x.split()[1]'
24723
24992

You can also chain multiple operations by providing multiple expressions:

$ ps aux | grep Xorg | py 'x.split()' 'x[1]'
24723
24992

For simple commands, where the evaluation if of the form expr(value) or value(expr), you don't need to be explicit with the call. For example:

$ ps aux | grep Xorg | py split 'x[1]'
24723
24992

You can convert from operating on one input at a time, to operating on the collection of inputs by using xargs:

$ ps aux | py split 'x[0]' xargs collections.Counter
Counter({'root': 254, 'lshamis': 187, 'dbus': 2, 'td-agent': 2, 'avahi': 2, 'USER': 1, 'polkitd': 1, 'rtkit': 1, 'chrony': 1, 'colord': 1, 'nobody': 1, 'dnsmasq': 1, 'systemd+': 1})

And you can undo the process, converting a single collection to indepent inputs using unxargs:

$ ls py | py open readlines unxargs rstrip '"sys" in x'
import sys
        public_modules = {k: v for k, v in sys.modules.items() if not k.startswith("_")}
        while not name or name in sys.modules:
    if sys.stdin.isatty():
    for i, x in enumerate(sys.stdin):
    sys.exit(main())

In the above example we used the boolean expression '"sys" in x' as a filter. Boolean expressions act as filters unless --show-bool is included:

$ ls / | py 'len(x) > 3'
boot
home
lib64
media
proc
root
sbin

$ ls / | py -b 'len(x) > 3'
False
False
True
False
False
True
False
True
True
False
False
True
True
False
True
False
True
False

Installation:

Copy the py file into any place in your PATH.

Optionally copy the extra_symbols.py file into ~/.config/py/extra_symbols.py. Doing so will first class symbols in common modules, prefixed by an _. For example:

$ py _digits
0123456789
$ py _random
0.48314627566684964
$ py _pi
3.141592653589793
$ ls | py _abspath
/home/lshamis/github/lshamis/pyper/extra_symbols.py
/home/lshamis/github/lshamis/pyper/py
/home/lshamis/github/lshamis/pyper/README.md
$ echo 'Hello, World!' | py '_shorten(x, width=12)'
Hello, [...]
$ echo 'Hello, World!' | py '_wrap(x, width=12)' -t unxargs
Hello,
World!

Help:

$ py --help
usage: py [-h] [-e] [-b] expr [expr ...]

positional arguments:
  expr              Expression to apply to all inputs.

options:
  -h, --help        show this help message and exit
  -e, --show-error  Print raised exceptions. Default is to skip.
  -b, --show-bool   Print bool values. Default is to use bool values as a filter.