Running python script inside ipython

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Is it possible to run a python script  not module  from inside ipython without indicating its path  I tried to set PYTHONPATH but it seems to work only for modules   I would like to execute   run my script py   without being in the directory containing the file

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for Python 3 6 5   import os os getcwd   runfile  testing py

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How to run a script in Ipython  import os filepath  C   Users  User  FolderWithPythonScript   os chdir filepath   run pyFileInThatFilePath py   That should do it

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from within the directory of  my script py  you can simply do    run   my script py

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In python there is no difference between modules and scripts  You can execute both scripts and modules   The file must be on the pythonpath AFAIK because python must be able to find the file in question   If python is executed from a directory  then the directory is automatically added to the pythonpath   Refer to What is the best way to call a Python script from another Python script  for more information about modules vs scripts  There is also a builtin function execfile filename  that will do what you want

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The  run magic has a parameter file finder that it uses to get the full path to the file to execute  see here   as you note  it just looks in the current directory  appending   py  if necessary   There doesn t seem to be a way to specify which file finder to use from the  run magic  but there s nothing to stop you from defining your own magic command that calls into  run with an appropriate file finder   As a very nasty hack  you could override the default file finder with your own   IPython core magics execution ExecutionMagics run im func func defaults 2    my file finder   To be honest  at the rate the IPython API is changing that s as likely to continue to work as defining your own magic is

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