How to start an ipython shell(not notebook) within a conda or virtualenv

Question

Is it possible to start an ipython shell(in terminal) within a conda or virtualenv ? The ipython shell should belongs to the respective environment.

I know a way to

Answer 1

I know a way to start jupyter notebook within the env, by creating a kernelspecs for the virtual env and then choosing the env kernel within the jupyter notebook.

You just need to do the same thing, but using console instead of notebook.

For example:

ipython console --kernel python2