[FIXED] how to run python script from the console as if called from command prompt?

Issue

The python script I would use (source code here) would parse some arguments when called from the command line. However, I have no access to the Windows command prompt (cmd.exe) in my environment. Can I call the same script from within a Python console? I would rather not rewrite the script itself.

Solution

%run is a magic in IPython that runs a named file inside IPython as a program almost exactly like running that file from the shell. Quoting from %run? referring to %run file args:

This is similar to running at a system prompt python file args, but with the advantage of giving you IPython's tracebacks, and of loading all variables into your interactive namespace for further use (unless -p is used, see below). (end quote)

The only downside is that the file to be run must be in the current working directory or somewhere along the PYTHONPATH. %run won't search $PATH.

%run takes several options which you can learn about from %run?. For instance: -p to run under the profiler.

Answered By - Wolf