On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Jean Dubois <jeandubois...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a python-program which I want to perform its task first, then > switch to > the python console to experiment with further commands, using what was > already > defined in the python-program. > I want this as an alternative for what I do now (but which is not very > efficient): > I start the python-console and then manually copy-paste line per line from > the program in the console, then try out possible continuation commands, > if however something goes wrong I have to redo the whole process.
On the command line, python itself can take command line options, including one that does exactly what you're looking for. python -i script.py That command will run script.py to its end, then drop you into the interactive interpreter with the environment intact from running the script. -- Jerry -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list