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Spyder 3 (Anaconda) on Ubuntu- How to change working directory to that of terminal

I'm using Spyder 3 bundled with Anaconda Python on Ubuntu. Usually with other Python IDEs (like IDLE,...) when i want to work inside a specific folder, I just go to that folder then open a terminal, type "idle" and the IDE pops up, then I can work inside that folder. But with Spyder when i open a terminal, type "spyder" , the Spyder IDE still works at the default directory! How can I change this? Please help me, thank you very much

Solution

  • You can change working directory after opening Spyder by typing inside IPython console cd path/to/working/dir.

    EDIT:

    I have found how you can set directory from the command line (from spyder3 --help). It is -w flag:

     spyder3 -w path/to/dir

    or 

    cd path/to/dir
spyder3 -w `pwd`