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I'm using django-extensions shell_plus command, but it doesn't save the command history (i.e., ↑ does nothing). Any ideas how to fix this?

a paid nerd
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I had the same problem, and running it with --use-pythonrc fixed it.

python manage.py shell_plus --use-pythonrc

If that fixes it for you, you can create a shell alias to shorten the command. Something like:

alias sp="python manage.py shell_plus --use-pythonrc"

After that, you can just type sp from the directory with manage.py in it. Personally, I put the absolute path to manage.py so I can type sp from anywhere.

Put that alias command in you .bash_profile and it will be available every time you login.

mhost
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  • `--use-pythonrc` still doesn't save history in my case: when using UP ARROW, nothing pops out in the shell. What could the possible causes be?: – Constantin Jun 08 '22 at 11:20
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It looks like shell_plus has duplicated code from the Django shell command, but it hasn't been updated to work with IPython >= 0.11. You can see the changes made in Django.

Thomas K
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    You said "Any ideas how to fix this?". I pointed you to the changes that were made to fix this in almost identical code. I do not see how that can be read as "no". – Thomas K Feb 10 '12 at 19:54
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--use-pythonrc didn't work, but installing ipython or bpython fixed the problem for me.

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