osex/scripts/select-locate

#!/usr/bin/python
# PYTHON_ARGCOMPLETE_OK

import sys
import osex
import curses
import argparse
import argcomplete
import ioex, ioex.selector

def locate_select(patterns, match_all, ignore_case, update_database, multiple):

    paths = osex.locate(
                patterns, 
                match_all = match_all, 
                ignore_case = ignore_case, 
                update_database = update_database
                )

    selected_paths = ioex.curses_tty_wrapper(
        ioex.selector.select_string,
        paths,
        multiple = multiple
        )

    return selected_paths

def _init_argparser():

    argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = None)
    argparser.add_argument('--ignore-case', action='store_true')
    argparser.add_argument('--match-all', action='store_true')
    argparser.add_argument('--multiple', action='store_true')
    argparser.add_argument('--update-database', action='store_true')
    argparser.add_argument('patterns', metavar = 'pattern', nargs = '+')
    return argparser

def main(argv):

    argparser = _init_argparser()
    argcomplete.autocomplete(argparser)
    args = argparser.parse_args(argv)

    paths = locate_select(**vars(args))

    if paths is None:
        return 1
    else:
        print('\n'.join(paths))
        return 0

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))