[Fab-user] sending in a list on the fab commandline

[Simon Smith]

Given a fabfile.py as below, I would like to call something like:

fab example:host=host1,colors="red;blue"

...and have fab run the free and df commands on the remote host
"host1".  Is there a way to do this?  (Obviously I'm willing to change
my syntax on the commandline or in my python method.  My fallback plan
is to have my method split up a string such as red:blue into a list.)

def example(colors):
        for c in colors:
                if c == "red":
                        run("free")
                if c == "blue":
                        run("df")
                if c == "green":
                        run("ps")


Thanks,

Simon