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"[Sebastian Raschka](http://sebastianraschka.com) \n",
"\n",
"- [Link to the GitHub Repository python_reference](https://github.com/rasbt/python_reference/)\n",
"\n",
"<hr>\n",
"I would be happy to hear your comments and suggestions. \n",
"Please feel free to drop me a note via\n",
"[twitter](https://twitter.com/rasbt), [email](mailto:bluewoodtree@gmail.com), or [google+](https://plus.google.com/+SebastianRaschka).\n",
"<hr>"
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"IPython magic function documentation - `%watermark`"
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"I wrote this simple `watermark` IPython magic function to conveniently add date- and time-stamps to my IPython notebooks. Also, I often want to document various system information, e.g., for my [Python benchmarks](https://github.com/rasbt/One-Python-benchmark-per-day) series.\n"
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"Installation"
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"The `watermark` line magic can be directly installed from my GitHub repository via"
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"%install_ext https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rasbt/python_reference/master/ipython_magic/watermark.py"
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"Installed watermark.py. To use it, type:\n",
" %load_ext watermark\n"
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"Loading the `%watermark` magic"
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"To load the `date` magic, execute the following line in your IPython notebook or current IPython shell"
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"%load_ext watermark"
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"Usage"
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"In order to display the optional `watermark` arguments, type"
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"%watermark?"
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"<pre> %watermark [-a AUTHOR] [-d] [-n] [-t] [-z] [-u] [-c CUSTOM_TIME] [-v]\n",
" [-p PACKAGES] [-h] [-m] [-g]\n",
"\n",
" \n",
"IPython magic function to print date/time stamps \n",
"and various system information.\n",
"\n",
"watermark version 1.1.0\n",
"\n",
"optional arguments:\n",
" -a AUTHOR, --author AUTHOR\n",
" prints author name\n",
" -d, --date prints current date\n",
" -n, --datename prints date with abbrv. day and month names\n",
" -t, --time prints current time\n",
" -z, --timezone appends the local time zone\n",
" -u, --updated appends a string \"Last updated: \"\n",
" -c CUSTOM_TIME, --custom_time CUSTOM_TIME\n",
" prints a valid strftime() string\n",
" -v, --python prints Python and IPython version\n",
" -p PACKAGES, --packages PACKAGES\n",
" prints versions of specified Python modules and\n",
" packages\n",
" -h, --hostname prints the host name\n",
" -m, --machine prints system and machine info\n",
" -g, --githash prints current Git commit hash\n",
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"Examples"
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"%watermark"
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"29/06/2014 01:19:10\n",
"\n",
"CPython 3.4.1\n",
"IPython 2.1.0\n",
"\n",
"compiler : GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5577)\n",
"system : Darwin\n",
"release : 13.2.0\n",
"machine : x86_64\n",
"processor : i386\n",
"CPU cores : 2\n",
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"29/06/2014 01:19:11 \n"
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"Last updated: Sun Jun 19 2014 01:19:12 EDT\n"
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"CPython 3.4.1\n",
"IPython 2.1.0\n"
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"compiler : GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5577)\n",
"system : Darwin\n",
"release : 13.2.0\n",
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"CPython 3.4.1\n",
"IPython 2.1.0\n",
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"numpy 1.8.1\n",
"scipy 0.14.0\n",
"\n",
"compiler : GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5577)\n",
"system : Darwin\n",
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"John Doe 29/06/2014 01:20:48 EDT\n",
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"CPython 3.4.1\n",
"IPython 2.1.0\n",
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"compiler : GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5577)\n",
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"release : 13.2.0\n",
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"Git hash : fbe7759fd7e0298bf0bd05ea4aac01b87aa8ed25\n"
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