automatically import modules upon interpreter invocation

[Daniel Fetchinson]

Hi folks, this seems like a very basic thing but I couldn't find a solution.
I always do the following after starting the python interpreter (on linux):

import rlcompleter
import readline
readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")

Is there a way of making python execute the above whenever it starts
up so that I don't have to type it all the time?

Cheers,
Daniel
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[Ken Seehart]

Daniel Fetchinson wrote:
> Hi folks, this seems like a very basic thing but I couldn't find a solution.
> I always do the following after starting the python interpreter (on linux):
>
> import rlcompleter
> import readline
> readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
>
> Is there a way of making python execute the above whenever it starts
> up so that I don't have to type it all the time?
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>

environment variable PYTHONSTARTUP can be set to a python file that runs
when you start the python interpreter

- Ken

[Daniel Fetchinson]

Great, thanks!

[Jeffrey Froman]

Daniel Fetchinson wrote:

> Is there a way of making python execute the above whenever it starts
> up so that I don't have to type it all the time?

Create a script containing these statements, and specify its location with
the PYTHONSTARTUP environment variable. Your script will run whenever
python starts.

Jeffrey