IPYTHON(1)

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💖 IPYTHON 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for ipython — like, from the General Commands Manual section, the classic one. it's giving "tools for interactive computing in Python" and honestly? it ate. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ipython — Tools for Interactive Computing in Python.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ipython [options] files...

ipython subcommand [options]...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what is this, you ask? it's an interactive Python shell and it is lowkey iconic. here's the whole vibe:

  • automatic history — for input AND output, no cap
  • dynamic object introspection
  • easier configuration
  • command completion
  • access to the system shell
  • integration with numerical and scientific computing tools
  • a web notebook
  • a Qt console
  • and like... more. lots more. ✨

want the full rundown on how to actually use IPython? run ipython --help, and if you want every single command-line option that exists (all of them, bestie, we're not gatekeeping), run ipython --help-all.

🌈 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🌈

  • IPYTHONDIR — this is where IPython keeps all its configuration files. the default? $HOME/.ipython — but only if IPYTHONDIR isn't defined. if you did define it, that's the spot 💅
wanna see the computed value of IPYTHONDIR with your own eyes? run ipython locate and it'll show you. periodt.

🎀 FILES 🎀

IPython uses a bunch of configuration files, and they live in profiles inside IPYTHONDIR. 👑

to generate the default config files and start configuring your setup, do this:

ipython profile create

then go edit the *_config.py files sitting in IPYTHONDIR/profile_default. that's your main character era, bestie. go customize 🦋

👑 AUTHORS 👑

IPython is written by the IPython Development Team <https://github.com/ipython/ipython>.

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🥰 this little legend is dated July 15, 2011 and it's filed under IPYTHON(1) — so yeah, it's been serving interactive computing realness for a minute. go run ipython --help-all and slay 💅✨💖

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