Using magic commands outside of Interactive Shell in IPython

Question

Is there a way to use \"magic commands\" from IPython from an outside file? For example if I have a file, \"rcode.py\" with the code:

%load_ext rmagic
%R a=c         


        

Answer 1

If you name your file with a .ipy extension, ipython will parse it properly. You can simply make a symlink if you want:

$ ln -s rcode.py rcode.ipy
$ ipython rcode.ipy