How to pass a variable to magic ´run´ function in IPython

Question

I want to do something like the following:

In[1]: name = \'long_name_to_type_every_now_and_then.py\'

In[2]: %run name

but this actually tr

Answer 1

In case there might be space in argument, e.g. filename, it is better to use this:

%run "$filename"