Execute file in ipython interpreter

file, interpreter, ipython, python

Solution

It looks like you can do this if you name your file with an .ipy extension.

sam@blackbird-debian:~
$ cat tmp.ipy
me = !whoami
print me
sam@blackbird-debian:~
$ ipython tmp.ipy
['sam']

Problem

I'm trying to run a file inside the ipython interpreter. The documentation makes this sound as simple as `ipython file.py` in the shell or `%run file.py` inside the interpreter itself. However, I want to read a file that contains commands to the ipython "system shell". Here's an example: ``` files= !ls print files ``` for this type of commands, invoking the interpreter as mentioned above results in SyntaxError, as if it was executed by `/usr/bin/python`. Is it possible to run a file from the system shell as if it were executing inside the ipython shell interpreter?

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