---
name: "irunner3"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ipython3"
version: "0.13.1-2+deb7u1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/irunner3"
---

# irunner3(1)

interactive runner interface

## NAME

**irunner - interactive runner interface**

## SYNOPSIS

```
irunner [options] file_to_run
```

## DESCRIPTION

**irunner is an interface to the various interactive runners** **available in IPython's irunner module.**  **It can used to run scripts as if they where typed up** **interactively.**

**The already implemented runners are listed below; adding** **one for a new program is a trivial task, see the source** **for examples.**

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  **show this help message and exit**

- **--ipython**

  **IPython interactive runner (default).**

- **--python**

  **Python interactive runner.**

- **--sage**

  **SAGE interactive runner.**

## EXAMPLE

**irunner.py --python -- --help** **will pass --help to the python runner.** **Similarly,** **irunner.py --ipython -- --interact script.ipy**

## SEE ALSO

**[ipython(1)](/ipython/1.md)**\

## AUTHOR

**irunner is an extension of Ken Schutte \<kschutte-AT-csail.mit.edu\>'s** **script contributed on the ipython-user list:** **http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/ipython-user/2006-May/003539.html**

**This manual page was written by Bernd Zeimetz \<bernd@bzed.de\>, for the Debian** **project (but may be used by others).  Modified by Fernando Perez** **\<Fernando.Perez@berkeley.edu\> for inclusion in IPython.**