Ignore IPython magic in python -

what best way ignore ipython magic when running scripts using python interpreter?

i include ipython magic in script files because work code interactively. example, autoreload magic, don't have keep reload-ing modules after make changes , fix bugs:

%load_ext autoreload %autoreload 2 

however, when try run script using usual python interpreter, error:

  file "<string>", line 1     %load_ext autoreload     ^ syntaxerror: invalid syntax 

wrapping ipython magic inside if statement not work, because incorrect syntax detected before file ran.

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so best way python ignore ipython magic?

it's annoying have change scripts whenever want run in python, pdb, sphinx, etc.

for tools can read standard input use grep remove magic lines , pipe result python:

grep -v '^%' magicscript.ipy | python 

works bash alias:

alias pynomagic='( grep -v "^%" | python ) < ' pynomagic magicscript.ipy 

tools pdb accept filenames called (bash again):

pdb <(grep -v '^%' magicscript.ipy)