asyncServer.py

#Run using `python catcher.py python asyncServer.py /home/traverseda`

import rpyc, sys, pathlib, os, math

class FileListingService(rpyc.Service,pathlib.PosixPath):
    def on_connect(self, conn):
        self._conn = conn
        sys.stdout = conn.root.stdout
        pass
    def on_disconnect(self, conn):
        pass
    def __repr__(self):
        out = []
        width, height = self._conn.root.get_terminal_size()
        maxWidth = max([len(i.name) for i in self.iterdir()])+2
        columns = math.floor(width/maxWidth)
        padding = math.floor(width/columns)
        noHidden = (i for i in self.iterdir() if not i.name.startswith("."))
        for i, f in enumerate(noHidden):
            print(i,(i+1)%columns)
            out.append(f.name.ljust(padding))
            if (i+1)%columns == 0:
                out.append("\n")
        return "".join(out)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    p="."
    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
        p=sys.argv[1]
    server = rpyc.utils.factory.connect_pipes(sys.stdin,sys.stdout,FileListingService(p))
    server.serve_all()

catcher.py

import sys, subprocess, rpyc, os

#We need to provide an rpyc object to the remote object, so it
#can find out things like how wide the terminal is.
class XonshService(rpyc.Service):
    exposed_get_terminal_size = os.get_terminal_size
    exposed_stdout = rpyc.utils.helpers.restricted(sys.stdout,("write",))

p = subprocess.Popen(sys.argv[1:],stdin=subprocess.PIPE,stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
remoteConnection = rpyc.utils.factory.connect_pipes(p.stdout,p.stdin, service=XonshService)
remote = remoteConnection.root
print("\033[92mTo get started, try typing 'remote'\033[0m")
import code; code.interact(local=locals())