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Module: core.magics.logging

Implementation of magic functions for IPython’s own logging.

1 Class

class IPython.core.magics.logging.LoggingMagics(**kwargs: Any)

Bases: Magics

Magics related to all logging machinery.

logoff(parameter_s='')

Temporarily stop logging.

You must have previously started logging.

logon(parameter_s='')

Restart logging.

This function is for restarting logging which you’ve temporarily stopped with %logoff. For starting logging for the first time, you must use the %logstart function, which allows you to specify an optional log filename.

logstart(parameter_s='')

Start logging anywhere in a session.

%logstart [-o|-r|-t|-q] [log_name [log_mode]]

If no name is given, it defaults to a file named ‘ipython_log.py’ in your current directory, in ‘rotate’ mode (see below).

‘%logstart name’ saves to file ‘name’ in ‘backup’ mode. It saves your history up to that point and then continues logging.

%logstart takes a second optional parameter: logging mode. This can be one of (note that the modes are given unquoted):

append

Keep logging at the end of any existing file.

backup

Rename any existing file to name~ and start name.

global

Append to a single logfile in your home directory.

over

Overwrite any existing log.

rotate

Create rotating logs: name.1~, name.2~, etc.

Options:

-o

log also IPython’s output. In this mode, all commands which generate an Out[NN] prompt are recorded to the logfile, right after their corresponding input line. The output lines are always prepended with a ‘#[Out]# ‘ marker, so that the log remains valid Python code.

Since this marker is always the same, filtering only the output from a log is very easy, using for example a simple awk call:

awk -F'#\[Out\]# ' '{if($2) {print $2}}' ipython_log.py

-r

log ‘raw’ input. Normally, IPython’s logs contain the processed input, so that user lines are logged in their final form, converted into valid Python. For example, %Exit is logged as _ip.magic(“Exit”). If the -r flag is given, all input is logged exactly as typed, with no transformations applied.

-t

put timestamps before each input line logged (these are put in comments).

-q

suppress output of logstate message when logging is invoked

logstate(parameter_s='')

Print the status of the logging system.

logstop(parameter_s='')

Fully stop logging and close log file.

In order to start logging again, a new %logstart call needs to be made, possibly (though not necessarily) with a new filename, mode and other options.

quiet

Suppress output of log state when logging is enabled