Why IPython is a better Shell

This is a quick list of features that make IPython a better shell than the one you are using right now. You should use the 'sh' profile ('pysh' shortcut, or 'ipython -p sh') to access all of these features without configuration. Use e.g. %bookmark? to get help for this feature.

• Proper bash-like tab completion.
• Use of / instead of \, everywhere
• Persistent %bookmark's
• %macro
• %store. Especially when used with macros and aliases.

• cd -<tab>. (easily jump around directory history). Directory history persists across sessions.

• %env (see cookbook)
• Shadow history - %hist and %rep (see cookbook)
• %mglob
• Expansion of $python_variables in system commands
• var = !ls -la (capture command output to handy string lists)