Startup File¶

Create a startup file¶

You can use a Python startup file to ensure that the see function is available every time you run Python. The following example uses a file named .pythonrc.py in the user’s home directory:

Create the Python startup file, if it does not already exist:
```
$ touch ~/.pythonrc.py
```
Open this file in your preferred editor. Add the following line:
```
from see import see
```
Set the following environment variable:
```
$ export PYTHONSTARTUP="$HOME/.pythonrc.py"
```
For example, with the Bash shell, you can add this to the ~/.bashrc file.

Now you can use see immediately after running the Python interpreter, without having to manually import it.