Is there a possibility to execute a Python script while being in interactive mode
PythonInteractiveModePython Problem Overview
Normally you can execute a Python script for example: python myscript.py, but if you are in the interactive mode, how is it possible to execute a Python script on the filesystem?
>>> exec(File) ???
It should be possible to execute the script more than one time.
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
Use execfile('script.py') but it only work on python 2.x, if you are using 3.0 try this
Solution 2 - Python
import file without the .py extension will do it, however __name__ will not be "__main__" so if the script does any checks to see if it's being run interactively you'll need to bypass them.
Alternately, if you're wanting to have a look at the environment after the script runs try python -i script.py
EDIT: To load it again
file = reload(file)
Solution 3 - Python
You might want to look into IPython, a more powerful interactive shell. It has various "magic" commands including %run script.py (which, of course, runs the script and leaves any variables it defined for you to examine).
Solution 4 - Python
You can also use the subprocess module. Something like:
>>> import subprocess
>>> proc = subprocess.Popen(['./script.py'])
>>> proc.communicate()
Solution 5 - Python
You can run any system command using python:
>>>from subprocess import Popen
>>>Popen("python myscript.py", shell=True)
Solution 6 - Python
The easiest way to do it is to use the os module:
import os
os.system('python script.py')
In fact os.system('cmd') to run shell commands. Hope it will be enough.