Python Interactive Shell

A Python Interactive Shell is a dynamic programming language shell that interacts with a Python interpreter.

• Example(s):
  • IPython.
• See: [[Python Interpreter], Perl Shell.

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References

2012

• https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/interpreter.html#interactive-mode
  • When commands are read from a tty, the interpreter is said to be in interactive mode. In this mode it prompts for the next command with the primary prompt, usually three greater-than signs (>>>); for continuation lines it prompts with the secondary prompt, by default three dots (...). The interpreter prints a welcome message stating its version number and a copyright notice before printing the first prompt:...

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