[FIXED] Equivalent of Spyder's runfile for IPython?

Issue

How can I get something like Spyder's runfile function in IPython? (I'm using IPython v. 4.1.2 under Python 2.7.9.)

Solution

Python files can be executed within the IPython environment using the magic command %run.

Example:

print_time.py
# #!/usr/bin/python
# 
# from datetime import datetime
# 
# print "The current time is {}".format(datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S"))

In [1]: %run print_time.py
The current time is 21:37:46

More information on how to run files outside your working directory can be found in this answer.

Answered By - cmaher