ipython: print complete history (not just current session)

Michael Zippo

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in ipython, I can use %hist or %history to print recent history, but this only prints history from current session.

I would like to print all history, similar as bash historycommand does.

What I am trying to do is to get complete history, so that I can then search with regex, see what commands followed after specified commands, and so on

Speaking of history, can it also print timecodes?

SIDE NOTE: In bash, I have written a simple script which prints history and I can grep it for keywords. I see times when certain commands were executed. I can specify -A n or -B n, where n is a number of lines AFTER or BEFORE a given command. This is very handy, because I can easily find what I did when, and what followed, ...

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Angelo Richtgofen

Munchen | 2023-03-31

I was preparing for my coding interview, thanks for clarifying this - ipython: print complete history (not just current session) in Python is not the simplest one. I just hope that will not emerge anymore

Oliver Chamberlet

London | 2023-03-31

Regular Expressions is always a bit confusing 😭 ipython: print complete history (not just current session) is not the only problem I encountered. I am just not quite sure it is the best method

Walter Jackson

Warsaw | 2023-03-31

Simply put and clear. Thank you for sharing. ipython: print complete history (not just current session) and other issues with imp Python module was always my weak point 😁. Will use it in my bachelor thesis