How can I set up default startup commands in iPython notebooks?

Question

I want to put couple of cells with commands I need in almost every new notebook in every new notebook I create.

For example when I create a new notebook it should put a

%matplotlib inline
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

in a cell by default but not execute it. How could I set something like that up?

Answer 1

This will work for both terminal based IPython shell and Browser based Notebook:

• Navigate to ~/.ipython/profile_default
• Create a folder called startup if it’s not already there
• Add a new Python file called start.py
• Put your favorite imports (and custom functions may be) in this file
• Launch IPython or a Jupyter Notebook and your favorite libraries will be automatically loaded every time!

Here is my sample for start.py:

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