Function get_ipython_cmd

IPython/testing/tools.py:144–160

Return appropriate IPython command line name. By default, this will return a list that can be used with subprocess.Popen, for example, but passing `as_string=True` allows for returning the IPython command as a string. Parameters ---------- as_string: bool Flag to al

(as_string: bool=False)

def get_ipython_cmd(as_string: bool=False) -> List[str]:
    """
    Return appropriate IPython command line name. By default, this will return
    a list that can be used with subprocess.Popen, for example, but passing
    `as_string=True` allows for returning the IPython command as a string.

    Parameters
    ----------
    as_string: bool
        Flag to allow to return the command as a string.
    """
    ipython_cmd = [sys.executable, "-m", "IPython"]

    if as_string:
        ipython_cmd = " ".join(ipython_cmd)

    return ipython_cmd

def ipexec(fname: str, options: Optional[List[str]]=None, commands: Tuple[str, ...]=()) -> Tuple[str, str]:
    """Utility to call 'ipython filename'.