How do I load a file into the python console

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I have some lines of python code that I m continuously copying pasting into the python console  Is there a load command or something I can run  e g  load file py

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You can just use an import statement   from file import     So  for example  if you had a file named my script py you d load it like so   from my script import

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From the shell command line   python file py   From the Python command line  import file   or  from file import

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For Python 2 give execfile a try   See other answers for Python 3  execfile  file py    Example usage  Let s use  quot copy con quot  to quickly create a small script file    C  junk gt copy con execfile example py a    9  42  888  b   len a   Z         1 file s  copied      and then let s load this script like so  C  junk gt  python27 python Python 2 7 1  r271 86832  Nov 27 2010  18 30 46   MSC v 1500 32 bit  Intel   on win32 Type  quot help quot    quot copyright quot    quot credits quot  or  quot license quot  for more information   gt  gt  gt  execfile  execfile example py    gt  gt  gt  a  9  42  888   gt  gt  gt  b 3  gt  gt  gt

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Open command prompt in the folder in which you files to be imported are present  when you type  python   python terminal will be opened  Now you can use  import script name Note  no  py extension to be used while importing  How can I open a cmd window in a specific location

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From the man page      -i     When a script is passed as first argument or the -c option is used  enter interactive mode after executing the script or the command   It does not read the  PYTHONSTARTUP file   This can be useful to inspect global variables or a stack trace when a script raises an exception    So this should do what you want   python -i file py

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If your path environment variable contains Python  eg  C  Python27   you can run your py file simply from Windows command line  cmd   Howto here

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Python 3  new exec  execfile dropped     The execfile solution is valid only for Python 2  Python 3 dropped the execfile function - and promoted the exec statement to a builtin universal function  As the comment in Python 3 0 s changelog and Hi-Angels comment suggest   use  exec open  lt filename py gt   read      instead of  execfile  lt filename py gt

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If you re using IPython  you can simply run    load path to your file py   See http   ipython org ipython-doc rel-1 1 0 interactive tutorial html

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