using python at the bash shell?

[John Salerno]

skip at pobox.com wrote:
>     John> Aside from the normal commands you can use, I was wondering if
>     John> it's possible to use Python from the terminal instead of the
>     John> normal bash commands (e.g. print instead of echo). 
> 
> Take a look at ipython <http://ipython.scipy.org/>.  It's not precisely what
> you've asked for, but it provides some features that help integrate Python
> with the shell environment.
> 
> Skip

Can you use IPython to do normal bash things, like installing, etc.?