How to import "orange" in ipython notebook?

How can I make IPython import the aliases defined in my bash profile upon startup?

• So far I've managed to place python files in ~/.ipython/profile_default/startup, and I have a clean list of aliases to define. Is there a way I can elegantly include my bash aliases as IPython aliases without copying and pasting?

• Answer:

  Here is what I was able to do: # Configuration file for ipython. import re import os.path c = get_config() with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.bashrc')) as bashrc: for line in bashrc: if not line.startswith('alias'): continue parts = re.match(r'^alias (\w+)=([\'"]?)(.+)\2$', line.strip()) if not parts: continue source, _, target = parts.groups() c.AliasManager.user_aliases.append((source, target)) Drop https://gist.github.com/bfontaine/11352254 in ~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py. It parses your ~/.bashrc, extract aliases and import them for use in IPython. It handles both simple aliases (e.g. alias l=ls) and quoted ones (e.g. alias l="ls -lh"). You might get some warnings if some of your aliases override existing magic commands.