Built-Ins (xonsh.built_ins)

The xonsh built-ins.

Note that this module is named ‘built_ins’ so as not to be confused with the special Python builtins module.

class xonsh.built_ins.DynamicAccessProxy(refname, objname)

Proxies access dynamically.

Parameters

refnamestr

‘.’-separated string that represents the new, reference name that the user will access.

objnamestr

‘.’-separated string that represents the name where the target object actually lives that refname points to.

property obj

Dynamically grabs object

class xonsh.built_ins.XonshSession(execer=None, ctx=None)

All components defining a xonsh session.

Parameters

execerExecer, optional

Xonsh execution object, may be None to start

ctxMapping, optional

Context to start xonsh session with.

link_builtins(aliases=None)

load(execer=None, ctx=None, **kwargs)

Loads the session with default values.

Parameters

execerExecer, optional

Xonsh execution object, may be None to start

ctxMapping, optional

Context to start xonsh session with.

unlink_builtins()

unload()

xonsh.built_ins.call_macro(f, raw_args, glbs, locs)

Calls a function as a macro, returning its result.

Parameters

fcallable object

The function that is called as f(*args).

raw_argstuple of str

The str representation of arguments of that were passed into the macro. These strings will be parsed, compiled, evaled, or left as a string depending on the annotations of f.

glbsMapping

The globals from the call site.

locsMapping or None

The locals from the call site.

xonsh.built_ins.convert_macro_arg(raw_arg, kind, glbs, locs, *, name='<arg>', macroname='<macro>')

Converts a string macro argument based on the requested kind.

Parameters

raw_argstr

The str representation of the macro argument.

kindobject

A flag or type representing how to convert the argument.

glbsMapping

The globals from the call site.

locsMapping or None

The locals from the call site.

namestr, optional

The macro argument name.

macronamestr, optional

The name of the macro itself.

Returns

The converted argument.

xonsh.built_ins.ensure_list_of_strs(x)

Ensures that x is a list of strings.

xonsh.built_ins.ensure_str_or_callable(x)

Ensures that x is single string or function.

xonsh.built_ins.enter_macro(obj, raw_block, glbs, locs)

Prepares to enter a context manager macro by attaching the contents of the macro block, globals, and locals to the object. These modifications are made in-place and the original object is returned.

Parameters

objcontext manager

The object that is about to be entered via a with-statement.

raw_blockstr

The str of the block that is the context body. This string will be parsed, compiled, evaled, or left as a string depending on the return annotation of obj.__enter__.

glbsMapping

The globals from the context site.

locsMapping or None

The locals from the context site.

Returns

objcontext manager

The same context manager but with the new macro information applied.

xonsh.built_ins.eval_fstring_field(field)

Evaluates the argument in Xonsh context.

xonsh.built_ins.globsearch(s)

xonsh.built_ins.helper(x, name='')

Prints help about, and then returns that variable.

xonsh.built_ins.in_macro_call(f, glbs, locs)

Attaches macro globals and locals temporarily to function as a context manager.

Parameters

fcallable object

The function that is called as f(*args).

glbsMapping

The globals from the call site.

locsMapping or None

The locals from the call site.

xonsh.built_ins.list_of_list_of_strs_outer_product(x)

Takes an outer product of a list of strings

xonsh.built_ins.list_of_strs_or_callables(x)

Ensures that x is a list of strings or functions. This is called when using the @() operator to expand it’s content.

xonsh.built_ins.path_literal(s)

xonsh.built_ins.pathsearch(func, s, pymode=False, pathobj=False)

Takes a string and returns a list of file paths that match (regex, glob, or arbitrary search function). If pathobj=True, the return is a list of pathlib.Path objects instead of strings.

xonsh.built_ins.regexsearch(s)

xonsh.built_ins.reglob(path, parts=None, i=None)

Regular expression-based globbing.

xonsh.built_ins.resetting_signal_handle(sig, f)

Sets a new signal handle that will automatically restore the old value once the new handle is finished.

xonsh.built_ins.subproc_captured_hiddenobject(*cmds, envs=None)

Runs a subprocess, capturing the output. Returns an instance of HiddenCommandPipeline representing the completed command.

xonsh.built_ins.subproc_captured_inject(*cmds, envs=None)

Runs a subprocess, capturing the output. Returns a list of whitespace-separated strings of the stdout that was produced. The string is split using xonsh’s lexer, rather than Python’s str.split() or shlex.split().

xonsh.built_ins.subproc_captured_object(*cmds, envs=None)

Runs a subprocess, capturing the output. Returns an instance of CommandPipeline representing the completed command.

xonsh.built_ins.subproc_captured_stdout(*cmds, envs=None)

Runs a subprocess, capturing the output. Returns the stdout that was produced as a str.

xonsh.built_ins.subproc_uncaptured(*cmds, envs=None)

Runs a subprocess, without capturing the output. Returns the stdout that was produced as a str.

xonsh.built_ins.superhelper(x, name='')

Prints help about, and then returns that variable.

xonsh.built_ins.xonsh_builtins(execer=None)

A context manager for using the xonsh builtins only in a limited scope. Likely useful in testing.