[IPython-dev] linux command on ipython

[Matthias Bussonnier]

> On Oct 16, 2015, at 16:28, Rajesh Bondugula <bn121rajesh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> some how it is unable to expand the $size and $days


yes, because it can’t expand $i it bails out and expand nothing. 
escape the $i with a second $. 

In [4]: !for i in $(find . -size +$size"M" -atime +$days); do echo "file: " $$i; done
^C
KeyboardInterrupt



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