pythonipythonexitinterpreter

How to exit IPython

I like IPython a lot for working with the python interpreter. However, I continually find myself typing exit to exit, and get prompted "Type exit() to exit."

I know I can type Ctrl-D to exit, but is there a way I can type exit without parentheses and get IPython to exit?

Update: Thanks to nosklo, this can be easily done by adding the following line to the main() function in your ipy_user_conf.py:

# type exit to exit
ip.ex("type(exit).__repr__ = lambda s: setattr(s.shell, 'exit_now', True) or ''")
Solution 
  • >>> import sys
>>> class Quitter(object):
...     def __repr__(self):
...         sys.exit()
... 
>>> exit = Quitter()

    You can use it like this:

    >>> exit

    EDIT:

    I dont use ipython myself, but it seems to have some wierd sys.exit handler. The solution I found is as follows:

    In [1]: type(exit).__repr__ = lambda s: setattr(s.shell, 'exit_now', True) or ''

    Usage:

    In [2]: exit