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Add History and Tab Completion to the Default Python Shell
July 5, 2013
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Problem
You want history and TAB completion in your default Python shell. You are aware of bpython and ipython, but you miss this functionality in the default shell.
Solution
Edit ~/.bashrc:
# ~/.bashrc export PYTHONSTARTUP=$HOME/.pythonstartup.py
Download pythonstartup.py from here and rename it to ~/.pythonstartup.py.
Categories: python
bpython, history, ipython, python shell, tab completion
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