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Import your ~/.bashrc aliases in IPython
# Configuration file for ipython.
import re
import os.path
c = get_config()
with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.bashrc')) as bashrc:
aliases = []
for line in bashrc:
if not line.startswith('alias'):
continue
parts = re.match(r'^alias (\w+)=([\'"]?)(.+)\2$', line.strip())
if not parts:
continue
source, _, target = parts.groups()
aliases.append((source, target))
c.AliasManager.user_aliases = aliases
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zkiroel commented Jul 15, 2015

what version of IPython i should use?

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