Function interact

scapy/main.py:646–946

Starts Scapy's console.

(mydict=None,
             argv=None,
             mybanner=None,
             mybanneronly=False,
             loglevel=logging.INFO)

def interact(mydict=None,
             argv=None,
             mybanner=None,
             mybanneronly=False,
             loglevel=logging.INFO):
    # type: (Optional[Any], Optional[Any], Optional[Any], bool, int) -> None
    """
    Starts Scapy's console.
    """
    # We're in interactive mode, let's throw the DeprecationWarnings
    warnings.simplefilter("always")

    # Set interactive mode, load the color scheme
    from scapy.config import conf
    conf.interactive = True
    conf.color_theme = DefaultTheme()
    if loglevel is not None:
        conf.logLevel = loglevel

    STARTUP_FILE = DEFAULT_STARTUP_FILE
    PRESTART_FILE = DEFAULT_PRESTART_FILE

    if argv is None:
        argv = sys.argv

    try:
        opts = getopt.getopt(argv[1:], "hs:Cc:Pp:d:H")
        for opt, param in opts[0]:
            if opt == "-h":
                _usage()
            elif opt == "-H":
                conf.fancy_banner = False
                conf.verb = 1
                conf.logLevel = logging.WARNING
            elif opt == "-c":
                STARTUP_FILE = param
            elif opt == "-C":
                STARTUP_FILE = None
            elif opt == "-p":
                PRESTART_FILE = param
            elif opt == "-P":
                PRESTART_FILE = None
            elif opt == "-d":
                conf.logLevel = max(1, conf.logLevel - 10)

        if len(opts[1]) > 0:
            raise getopt.GetoptError(
                "Too many parameters : [%s]" % " ".join(opts[1])
            )

    except getopt.GetoptError as msg:
        log_loading.error(msg)
        sys.exit(1)

    # Reset sys.argv, otherwise IPython thinks it is for him
    sys.argv = sys.argv[:1]

    if PRESTART_FILE: