Eleven IPython keyboard tips/shortcuts to Move Around Easily. Ctrl-p or up-arrow: Access command history in backward Ctrl-n or down-arrow: Access command history in forward Ctrl-a: Move cursor to beginning of line Ctrl-e: Move cursor to end of line Ctrl-f: Move cursor forward one character Ctrl-b: Move cursor back one character Ctrl-l: Clear screen Ctrl-r: reverse history […]
How To Paste Code in Python Interpreter? Hint: Use ipython
If you have formatted code block with proper indentation and want to test it by copying and pasting on a python interpreter, you will be frustrated at Python for complaining at you. iPython offers great solutions coding with Python and for copying and pasting the code on the terminal. One useful command in iPython to […]
How To Set PATH variable on Bash Shell?
Have a new executable file/program? Want to execute it just by typing the name of the program instead of full path where the program is located? The best solution is to add the path to new executable to your list of all search paths. The idea is that every time one types a command the […]
The Great Dropbox Space Race: A way to get free Dropbox space for students
Dropbox announced the Great Dropbox Space Race for students that offers students free space of up to 25GB for two years. The way the Dropbox space Race works is as a student refers a classmates and professors to Dropbox, not only the students/professors earn free space, everyone from the school who were signed up of […]
3 Ways to Write Text to a File in Python
If you are interested in writing text to a file in Python, there is probably many ways to do it. Here is three ways to write text to a output file in Python. The first step in writing to a file is create the file object by using the built-in Python command “open”. To create and […]