preserve history in the interactive python

[Arnaud Delobelle]

Nikhil <mnikhil at gmail.com> writes:

> Nikhil wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using python -i, and I find it hard typing/pasting the commands
>> from the previous interactive shell. Basically, is there anyway that
>> I can preserve the history in the shell?
>> I guess but not sure there should be something like ~/.pyrc for
>> configuring such but can someone please let me know what is the
>> effective environment variable to preserve the history?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nikhil
> I figured it out. This below thing works fine for me.
> BTW, I got it from http://docs.python.org/tut/node15.html. A little
> search would not hurt ;-)

Or you could use IPython (http://ipython.scipy.org/), "an Enhanced
Python Shell".

-- 
Arnaud