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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Terminal-based IPython entry point.
+
+Note: this is identical to IPython/frontend/terminal/scripts/ipython for now.
+Once 0.11 is closer to release, we will likely need to reorganize the script
+entry points."""
+
+from IPython.frontend.terminal.ipapp import launch_new_instance
+
+launch_new_instance()