Python RC file

.pythonrc.py

# In .bashrc and .profile
# export PYTHONSTARTUP="$HOME/.pythonrc.py"

# pip install python-box reusables pdir2
from __future__ import print_function, with_statement, absolute_import 

try:
    from box import Box, BoxList
except ImportError:
    print("Box not available")
    
try:
    import reusables
    from reusables.cli import *
except ImportError:
    print("Reusables not available")

try:
    import pdir
except ImportError:
    print("pdir not available")

import os
import sys
print('Python {0} on {1}'.format(".".join(str(x) for x in sys.version_info[:3]), sys.platform))

Just like a .bashrc file, you can have a .pythonrc file that is called at startup on Python consoles.

All the mentioned files are to go in $HOME and will require any active terminals to be restarted to take effect (or manually sourceed again).

Each external library is in it's own try except, that way no matter which python environment we are running, we import as many as possible.