Fabric is cool.

[Fabric](http://www.fabfile.org/) is cool. More python, less Bash. For example, I can automate my django db rebuild process, like so:

	from __future__ import with_statement
	import os
	from fabric.api import local, settings, abort, sudo, env
	from fabric.contrib.console import confirm
	env.hosts = [
	# 'me@my-imac',
	'me@my-desk',
	]
	def db_exists(db='testdb'):
	if (sudo("psql -l | grep {} | wc -l".format(db), user='postgres')) != '0':
	return True
	else:
	return False
	def db_rebuild(db='testdb'):
	"""Drop, create, and sync the db."""
	## Warning.
	if not confirm("Running on {} with database {}. Proceed?".format(env.host, db)):
	print("Ok, no changes.")
	return
	## Drop the database.
	if db_exists(db):
	sudo("dropdb {}".format(db), user='postgres')
	## Create the database.
	sudo("createdb -E UTF8 -e {}".format(db), user='postgres')
	## Run django's syncdb.
	local('python ./manage.py syncdb')

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