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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Shopping List Take Three

michael ventura
michael ventura
1,260 Points
Posted by michael ventura
michael ventura
1,260 Points

how to bring recent file into shell without typing it out

maybe something i missed awhile back haha... but how do i bring my file into the python shell without having to type out file name. i see him type python.. then shopping_list3 pops right up.... where i have been typing out the name of the file everytime i want to run?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

What you're probably seeing is command completion. The instructor is probably typing in the first letter or two of the file name and then pressing the TAB button to have the shell fill in the rest of the name.

Not that this only works when you've typed enough of the name to uniquely identify it from any other files.