title: Where is the history file for ipython
body: <p>I can not determine where the ipython is storing its history.</p>
  
  <p>a. There is no ~/.pythonhistory:</p>
  
  <pre><code>12:49:00/dashboards $ll ~/.py*
  ls: /Users/steve/.py*: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>b. Nothing special in the python startup file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>12:49:07/dashboards $echo $PYTHONSTARTUP
  /shared/.pythonstartup
  12:49:43/dashboards $cat /shared/.pythonstartup
  import rlcompleter
  import readline
  
  readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>c. BUT: i do have plenty of history available in ipython when I start it up.</p>
  
  <p>So where is that history being stored?</p>
  
  <p><em>UPDATE</em>   the answer from @Stefano led the correct way: here is the actual path</p>
  
  <pre><code>13:30:05/shared $ll ~/.ipython/profile_default/history.sqlite
  -rw-r--r--  1 steve  staff  372736 Jun  3 12:48 /Users/steve/.ipython/profile_default/history.sqlite
  </code></pre>