Open a IPython REPL using the arguments as libraries to be imported

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#!/usr/bin/env python

# Open a IPython REPL using the arguments as libraries to be imported via `import *`. 
# Also imports a few stdlib libraries
# For example: 
#    $ i lib/lib_to_be_imported.py 
# does 
#    from lib.lib_to_be_imported import * 
# before the REPL starts


import sys
import os
import re
from IPython import embed

if __name__ == "__main__":
    args = list(sys.argv)[1:]
    args = [a.replace('/', '.') for a in args]
    args = [re.sub('\.py$', '', a) for a in args]

    sys.path = [''] + sys.path
    for arg in args:
        exec "from %s import *" % arg

    from subprocess import *
    from datetime import *
    from collections import *
    import logging
    import json
    import urlparse
    import urllib
    import urllib2
    from pprint import pprint as pp
    embed()