replace exclamation appended mode by extra trailing for more flexible…

… setting.

ReadMe.md

@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ Note: **ptftpd** package should be installed (before running).
 <summary><i>fakecall.py</i>, a companion for generic testbed</summary>
 
 ```sh
-usage: fakecall.py [-h] [-v] [-a] [-l] [-e] [-t intermittent] [-n name]
-                   [-d directory] [-f filename] [-i interpreted] [-o oriented]
-                   [-r report]
+usage: fakecall.py [-h] [-v] [-a] [-l] [-e extra_trailing] [-t intermittent]
+                   [-n name] [-d directory] [-f filename] [-i interpreted]
+                   [-o oriented] [-r report]
 
 CLI argument parsing
 
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ optional arguments:
   -v, --verbose         verbosity
   -a, --auto            auto-mode
   -l, --linefeed        LF only mode (instead of both CR and LF)
-  -e, --exclamation_appended
-                        exclamation appended mode
+  -e extra_trailing, --extra_trailing extra_trailing
+                        extra trailing string
   -t intermittent, --intermittent intermittent
                         intermittent time in seconds
   -n name, --name name  display name for specific handle

fakecall.py

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 from fakesniff import FakeSniff 
 
 class FakeCall(FakeSniff):
-    def __init__(self, lf: bool = False, ea: bool = False) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, lf: bool = False, et: bool = False) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         #variables for pattern matching
         self.patt["deli_lf"] = lf
-        self.patt["deli_ea"] = ea
+        self.patt["deli_et"] = et
         self.patt["abort"] = True
         self.patt["capi"]["traffic_agent_reset"] = self.__silence
         self.patt["capi"]["traffic_agent_config"] = self.__silence
@@ -146,9 +146,11 @@ def find_interpreting_handle(dir: str = ".", alias: str = None) -> tuple:
         action="store_true",
         help="LF only mode (instead of both CR and LF)")
     my_parser.add_argument("-e",
-        "--exclamation_appended",
-        action="store_true",
-        help="exclamation appended mode")
+        "--extra_trailing",
+        metavar="extra_trailing",
+        default="",
+        type=str,
+        help="extra trailing string")
     my_parser.add_argument("-t",
         "--intermittent",
         metavar="intermittent",
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ def find_interpreting_handle(dir: str = ".", alias: str = None) -> tuple:
         logging.info("name: " + args.name)
         rpt = open(args.report, "w")
         fldr = FakeSniff.find_interpreting_directory(args.directory)
-        fc = FakeCall(lf = args.linefeed, ea = args.exclamation_appended)
+        fc = FakeCall(lf = args.linefeed, et = args.extra_trailing)
         for f in fldr:
             (hdl, filename) = FakeCall.find_interpreting_handle(f, args.name)
             for h in hdl:
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ def find_interpreting_handle(dir: str = ".", alias: str = None) -> tuple:
                 handle_invoke = args.oriented
             else:
                 handle_invoke = args.oriented + ":" + args.interpreted.split(":")[1]
-        fc = FakeCall(lf = args.linefeed, ea = args.exclamation_appended)
+        fc = FakeCall(lf = args.linefeed, et = args.extra_trailing)
         time_begin = time.time()
         (ret, stat) = fc.interpret(dir = args.directory, fn = args.filename, handle = args.interpreted, handle_invoke = handle_invoke)
         time_end = time.time()

fakesniff.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.patt["deli_rsp"] = "<--\s+"
         self.patt["deli_arg"] = ","
         self.patt["deli_lf"] = False
-        self.patt["deli_ea"] = False
+        self.patt["deli_et"] = ""
         self.patt["api_idx"] = int(0)
         self.patt["ret_idx"] = int(1)
         self.patt["abort"] = True
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def __invoke(self, argv: list) -> bool:
                 if self.cfg["object_invoke"] is None:
                     self.cfg["object_invoke"] = Telnet()
                     self.cfg["object_invoke"].open(host = self.cfg["handle_invoke"].split(":")[0], port = int(self.cfg["handle_invoke"].split(":")[1]))
-                capi = self.patt["deli_arg"].join(argv) + ("" if self.patt["deli_ea"] is False else "!") + ("\r\n" if self.patt["deli_lf"] is False else "\n")
+                capi = self.patt["deli_arg"].join(argv) + ("" if self.patt["deli_et"] is None else self.patt["deli_et"]) + ("\r\n" if self.patt["deli_lf"] is False else "\n")
                 self.cfg["object_invoke"].write(bytes(capi, "UTF-8"))
                 rcv = self.cfg["object_invoke"].read_until((b"\r\n" if self.patt["deli_lf"] is False else b"\n"), invoke_running_tmo)
                 if len(rcv) == 0: