[SOLVED] Python Script Launch Options

I'm not sure if this is more a Python question or a Linux question, but here goes: I have a script file tied to the key combo Ctrl+Alt+P to navigate to my script folder and run Python. That part works.

#!/bin/bash
mate-terminal --working-directory="/home/flexico/Documents/Python_Scripts" --title="Python" --command python

However, I also want it to run a few lines of Python script, like import some standard libraries so I don't have to re-type them in every time. How do I do that? I tried adjusting the program like so:

#!/bin/bash
mate-terminal --working-directory="/home/flexico/Documents/Python_Scripts" --title="Python" --command "python /home/flexico/python_start.py"

But it just opens a blank Terminal window with a flashing cursor, which disappears when I click on it.

In case it isn't clear, my goal is to have the Terminal stay open with Python running so I can input more commands. The "python_start.py" file just has commands to import a few modules.

Here you go: https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/a...e-startup-file

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Ok, after some fiddling I managed to get it to work ... sort of. When I open a Terminal prompt and type in "python", it works, but when I run my script ...

#!/bin/bash
mate-terminal --working-directory="/home/flexico/Documents/Python_Scripts" --title="Python" --command python

... It doesn't.

For the sake of anyone else reading this thread for answers, you have to add the following line to your ~/.bashrc file:

export PYTHONSTARTUP="filename"

(I'm saying this because it isn't expressly stated in the documentation.)

Hmm, if I run my script file straight from the terminal, it works perfectly. However, when I use the keybind or double-click the script, it doesn't work. Maybe running it that way isn't triggering bash to look in bashrc.

I changed my code to

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/flexico/Documents/Python_Scripts
mate-terminal

Which does everything except actually run Python, so I just have to type in "python" and wham, it works. It seems like the command line has to actually be activated for it to load bashrc.

GOT IT!

#!/bin/bash
source ~/.bashrc
cd /home/flexico/Documents/Python_Scripts
mate-terminal --title="Python" --command python

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