Question

Is there a way to use “magic commands” from IPython from an outside file? For example if I have a file, “rcode.py” with the code:

%load_ext rmagic
%R a=c(1,2,3);b=c(2,3,4);print(summary(lm(a~b)))

This gives me a SyntaxError for the first line when I run it using ipython rcode.py in the command line. However when I type these lines straight into the interactive shell with ipython it runs fine. Is this because you only do magic in the interactive shell?

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you name your file with a .ipy extension, ipython will parse it properly. You can simply make a symlink if you want:

$ ln -s rcode.py rcode.ipy
$ ipython rcode.ipy