Command-line options to IPython *scripts*?

Question

I am often asked to debug Python scripts written by others. I would like to send these scripts to IPython so it will drop into an IPython shell at the point the script fail

Answer 1

Simple example here.

script.py

from sys import argv

script, first, second, third = argv

print "The script is called:", script
print "Your first variable is:", first
print "Your second variable is:", second
print "Your third variable is:", third

shell:

$ ipython script.py stuff things that
The script is called: ex13.py
Your first variable is: stuff
Your second variable is: things
Your third variable is: that