How to: Auto-import common modules in ipython shell
April 9, 2012
if you use ipython, save yourself some typing by importing common modules automatically on load.
edit your ipythonrc file (mine lives in ~/.ipython/) as such:
import_mod math os os.path sys random itertools re json hashlib time urllib urllib2 urlparse
import_some datetime datetime date timedelta
import_mod x y z is like: import x, y, z
import_some x y z is like: from x import y, z
[email protected]:~$ ipython
Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:09:56)
IPython 0.10 — An enhanced Interactive Python.
In [1]: datetime.now()
Out[1]: datetime.datetime(2012, 4, 9, 12, 18, 44, 570264)
look ma, no imports!
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