Method precmd

cmd2/cmd2.py:2824–2833

Ran just before the command is executed by [cmd2.Cmd.onecmd][] and after adding it to history (cmd Hook method). :param statement: subclass of str which also contains the parsed input :return: a potentially modified version of the input Statement object See [cmd2.Cmd.regist

(self, statement: Statement | str)

        """

    def precmd(self, statement: Statement | str) -> Statement:
        """Ran just before the command is executed by [cmd2.Cmd.onecmd][] and after adding it to history (cmd Hook method).

        :param statement: subclass of str which also contains the parsed input
        :return: a potentially modified version of the input Statement object

        See [cmd2.Cmd.register_postparsing_hook][] and [cmd2.Cmd.register_precmd_hook][] for more robust ways
        to run hooks before the command is executed. See [Hooks](../features/hooks.md) for more information.
        """
        return Statement(statement) if not isinstance(statement, Statement) else statement

    def postcmd(self, stop: bool, statement: Statement | str) -> bool:  # noqa: ARG002
        """Ran just after a command is executed by [cmd2.Cmd.onecmd][] (cmd inherited Hook method).