run python command line interpreter with imports loaded automatically

Question

I would like to play around in the python interpreter but with a bunch of imports and object setup completed. Right now I\'m launching the interpreter on the command line and do

Answer 1

I use PYTHONSTARTUP.

My .bash_profile has a path to my home folder .pyrc, which as the import statements in it.

https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html#envvar-PYTHONSTARTUP