[Python-talk] Writing ipython shell scripts

[Lloyd Kvam]

I had the naive thought that I could take ipython commands, put them in
a file and place a shebang at the top to invoke the ipython interpreter
and I'd be all set.

I spent a couple of hours poking around the ipython web site,
http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/
but found nothing about writing ipython scripts.  I suppose that means
they don't support that kind of use.  The ipython syntax is a very nice
mix of easy command invocation with python capabilities, so I'm
surprised script execution is not supported.

Did I just not see it???  I'm hoping one of you knows the answer.
My simple test example is shown below.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
[lkvam at www ~]$ ipy-test 
------------------------------------------------------------
   File "/home/lkvam/bin/ipy-test", line 3
     myfiles = !ls ~/
               ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

WARNING: Failure executing file: </home/lkvam/bin/ipy-test>
IPython 0.8.4   [on Py 2.5.2]
[~]|1> #! /usr/bin/ipython
[~]|2> 
[~]|3> myfiles = !ls ~/
[~]|4> for f in myfiles:
   |.>         if f.endswith('.py'):
   |.>             print f
   |.> 
csv2sql.py
weather.py
[~]|5> cat bin/ipy-test
#! /usr/bin/ipython

myfiles = !ls ~/
for f in myfiles:
    if f.endswith('.py'):
        print f
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Lloyd Kvam
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