add new action, text

bookeeper/args.py

@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ def create():
     action=_SqlAction,
     dest="actions",
   )
+  p.add_argument(
+    "--text",
+    help="outputs any text",
+    nargs=1,
+    action=_TextAction,
+    dest="actions",
+  )
   return p
 
 class _PermanentizeAction(argparse.Action):
@@ -60,6 +67,10 @@ class _SqlAction(argparse.Action):
   def __call__(self, parser, ns, values, option_string=None):
     _push_action(ns, lambda x: x.sql(values[0]))
 
+class _TextAction(argparse.Action):
+  def __call__(self, parser, ns, values, option_string=None):
+    _push_action(ns, lambda x: x.text(values[0]))
+
 def _push_action(ns, act):
   actions = getattr(ns, "actions", None)
   if actions is None:

bookeeper/ctx.py

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ class Context:
       self.ostream.close()
     self.ostream = sys.stdout
 
+  def text(self, v):
+    print(v, file=self.ostream)
+
   def sql(self, cmd: str):
     self.dbcur.execute(cmd)
     for row in self.dbcur: