.lstrip alphanumeric chars from private commands

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/modules/commands/__init__.py b/modules/commands/__init__.py
index 140ebc35..1cc3e63a 100644
--- a/modules/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/modules/commands/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import re
+import re, string
 from src import EventManager, ModuleManager, utils
 from . import outs
 
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ REGEX_ARG_NUMBER = re.compile(r"\$(\d+)(-?)")
 
 MSGID_TAG = utils.irc.MessageTag("msgid", "draft/msgid")
 
+NON_ALPHANUMERIC = [char for char in string.printable if char.isalnum()]
+
 def _command_method_validate(s):
     if s.upper() in COMMAND_METHODS:
         return s.upper()
@@ -261,6 +263,7 @@ class Module(ModuleManager.BaseModule):
     def private_message(self, event):
         if event["message_split"] and not event["action"]:
             command = event["message_split"][0].lower()
+            command = command.lstrip("".join(NON_ALPHANUMERIC))
             args_split = event["message_split"][1:]
 
             hook, args_split = self._find_command_hook(event["server"], command,