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Knack - A Python command line interface framework

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Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: May 15, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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UnicodeEncodeError fallback discards all non-ASCII output, including characters the target encoding supports Open

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microsoft/knack#303 · Opened Aug 13, 2026
Can colorization of warnings be controlled? Open

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microsoft/knack#302 · Opened Jul 3, 2026
python tracker closed Open

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microsoft/knack#293 · Opened Oct 10, 2025
Request to add support for handling bytearray when outputting data in YAML format Open

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microsoft/knack#291 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 28, 2025
Broken `examples/test_exapp`: TypeError: ScenarioTest.__init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'method_name' Open

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microsoft/knack#287 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 16, 2024
knack/knack /prompting.py _prompt_bool never taking default action Open

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microsoft/knack#282 · Opened Apr 24, 2024
Inefficient regex in `extract_full_summary_from_signature` Open

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microsoft/knack#281 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 19, 2024
`extract_full_summary_from_signature` uses undocumented `Match.regs` Open

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microsoft/knack#280 · Opened Mar 19, 2024
Remove / move `ensure_dir` call since it might cause some issues and not consistent Open

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microsoft/knack#277 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 27, 2023
Set column width for tabular output format Open

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microsoft/knack#270 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 19, 2022
Colorama is not being installed in Windows even though it is required Open

microsoft/knack#256 · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 1, 2022
When json value has null, knack in Azure CLI changes column order unintentionally. Open

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microsoft/knack#255 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 1, 2022
How to disable default Global Arguments (especially -o)? Open

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microsoft/knack#246 · Opened Apr 27, 2021
Knack error when I run azdev linter Open

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microsoft/knack#243 · Opened Mar 23, 2021
TSV output doesn't include headers Open

microsoft/knack#234 · 2 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 25, 2021
CLICommandsLoader.create_command overrides the argument "arguments_loader" Open

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microsoft/knack#219 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 21, 2020
util.todict process DefaultInt to a dictionary instead of a int Open

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microsoft/knack#215 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 1, 2020
What is client_factory? Open

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microsoft/knack#211 · Opened Jun 3, 2020
interest in passing functions, not strings for commands? Open

microsoft/knack#195 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 14, 2020
csv output option Open

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microsoft/knack#187 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 31, 2020
Issue parsing arguments with escaped text Open

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microsoft/knack#165 · Opened Sep 30, 2019
knack.util.ensure_dir can cause race conditions Open

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microsoft/knack#162 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 3, 2019
prompt_pass not working on windows when using CTRL+V to paste the password string to console Open

area/prompting type/bug

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microsoft/knack#160 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 27, 2019
spellcheck message is wrong when error exists in an argument value Open

area/completion type/bug

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microsoft/knack#156 · Opened May 23, 2019
decorators to annotate functions as commmands Open

area/arguments area/commands type/discussion type/enhancement

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microsoft/knack#135 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 13, 2019
Support for more user friendly choice lists Open

area/arguments area/completion type/enhancement

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microsoft/knack#134 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 5, 2018
Allow validators to use `cmd` like CLI 2.0 Open

area/arguments area/commands type/enhancement

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microsoft/knack#130 · Opened Nov 13, 2018
Up-level command group and argument context helpers from CLI 2.0 Open

area/arguments area/commands type/enhancement

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microsoft/knack#129 · Opened Nov 13, 2018
Built-in support for multiple command loaders Open

area/commands type/enhancement

microsoft/knack#128 · 7 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 13, 2018
Move azure.cli.core.commands.parameters.get_enum_type into Knack Open

area/arguments type/enhancement

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microsoft/knack#127 · Opened Nov 12, 2018
testsdk folder: should be excluded from the pypi packaging Open

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microsoft/knack#87 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 22, 2018
Help file parameter entries are very strict towards the allowed entry name. Open

area/help type/enhancement

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microsoft/knack#85 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 31, 2018
Retrieving help text in Python Open

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microsoft/knack#77 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 2, 2018
table_transformer should accept a JMESPath string Open

area/commands type/enhancement

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microsoft/knack#55 · Opened Nov 21, 2017
Support an interactive mode built-in Open

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microsoft/knack#30 · 3 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Sep 28, 2017
_command_handler needs to be extensible Open

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microsoft/knack#18 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 20, 2017

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