the following script will give an output when the command "greet" and "stock".
module getpass is used to print the user name.
the code for sharevalue can be found here -full sharevalue code, it has been modified here.
myshellv1.py code link
#python script to get a shell with (Cmd) as prompt from cmd2 import Cmd import getpass import requests __version__ = '0.1' class Application(Cmd): """ The main Application class """ def __init__(self): #inherits Cmd and any method starting with do_ becomes a command Cmd.__init__(self) def do_hello(self, line): print "Hello:", line def do_sayit(self, line): #command sayit which will print "python rocks" print "Python Rocks!" def do_greet(self,line): #greet command print "Hi, %s" %(getpass.getuser()) def do_stock(self,line): #stock command will print the latest NASDAQ value when given in a valid value url = requests.get('http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s='+line+'&f=l1') stock_value = (url.text) print stock_value if __name__ == '__main__': app = Application() app.cmdloop()