Parsing arguments while running script with IPython

Question

I often run scripts with ipython -i or ipython --pdb. I would like to make a script which parses arguments without interfering with being run in this manner. I've attempted to do this below in the file ipy_parse.py:

import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument(
    '-lf', '--proglogfile',
    help="File for logging",
    dest="plogfile",
    type=str
)

args = parser.parse_args()
print(args.plogfile)

However, when I run this with ipython ipy_parse.py --proglogfile="wat", I get the following output:

[TerminalIPythonApp] WARNING | Unrecognized alias: '--proglogfile=wat', it will probably have no effect.
None

Despite the fact that this script works normally when run with python ipy_parse.py --proglogfile="wat". How can I parse arguments without interfering with IPython arguments?

Nils Werner · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-16 09:14:15Z

4

You can separate ipython arguments from your script arguments using --:

ipython ipy_parse.py -- --proglogfile="wat"

answered Mar 16, 2017 at 9:14

Nils Werner

37.2k7 gold badges85 silver badges108 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Parsing arguments while running script with IPython

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related