Do not walk, to http://www-hep.colorado.edu/~fperez/ipython/ for
ipython, the interactive python shell.  This is a python shell with
lots of nice features over the default shell.

-- completion on variables and methods
-- history saved between sessions
-- searchable command line history like you get with bash/tcsh
-- online help with a single keystroke, as in 'dict?'
-- full access to the UNIX shell; eg you can do '!man ls' and the
   output is piped into less
-- inline editing with your editor of choice for multiline commands,  
   just type 'edit'
-- 50+ page user's guide
-- color

Lots more stuff, customizable, macros, blah. blah.

Non-linux users will need to check the install guide for prereqs.

John Hunter
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