How to supply options to the python interpreter when using iPython

Question

For example, if I wanted to avoid generation of .pyc files when using the usual python command I would write:

python -B script.py

But what if I want to use ipython instead? All I know is that

ipython -B script.py

doesn't work

You could use environment variables. The equivalent to the -B option is PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE. — Thomas K
– Thomas K, Commented Mar 3, 2016 at 11:19
@ThomasK That's good enough, it works. Can you develop it a bit more and post this as an answer? I'll mark it as correct. — gsmafra
– gsmafra, Commented Mar 3, 2016 at 15:06

Thomas K · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-03 17:04:59Z

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Most of the command line options for the Python interpreter have equivalent environment variables. These will work when starting IPython.

For instance, instead of the -B flag, to avoid writing bytecode, you can use:

PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 ipython

answered Mar 3, 2016 at 17:04

Thomas K

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