Available commands

DataSphere Notebook allows you to use IPython magic commands. You can use them to measure program runtime, run bash commands in separate cells, identify variable types, etc. The majority of standard commands from the IPython documentation is available in notebooks. For the restrictions and additions, see below.

Running bash commandsRunning bash commands

To run bash commands, put bash explicitly at the beginning of the cell:

#!:bash

Restrictions

The following restrictions apply to using bash commands:

• Background jobs, such as sshd, are not supported.
• Running pip is not supported; use the %pip format instead.

Disabled regular commandsDisabled regular commands

Regular commands that are not available in a notebook:

• %%bash
• %%perl
• %%python
• %%python2
• %%python3
• %%ruby
• %%script
• %%sh

Useful linksUseful links

• Installing dependencies
• Computing resource configurations
• Quotas and limits in DataSphere
• Step-by-step guides for DataSphere