diff --git a/docs/examples/core/ipython-completion.bash b/docs/examples/core/ipython-completion.bash
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+# load with: . ipython-completion.bash
+
+_ipython_get_flags()
+{
+    local url=$1
+    local var=$2
+    local dash=$3
+    if [[ "$url $var" == $__ipython_complete_last ]]; then
+        opts=$__ipython_complete_last_res
+        return
+    fi
+    opts=$(cat <<EOF | python -
+try:
+    import IPython.${url} as mod;
+    for k in mod.${var}:
+        print "${dash}%s" % k,
+except:
+    pass
+EOF
+    )
+    __ipython_complete_last="$url $var"
+    __ipython_complete_last_res="$opts"
+}
+
+_ipython()
+{
+    local cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
+    local prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD - 1]}
+    local subcommands="notebook qtconsole console kernel profile locate"
+    local opts=""
+    if [ -z "$__ipython_complete_baseopts" ]; then
+        _ipython_get_flags core.shellapp "shell_flags.keys()" "--"
+        __ipython_complete_baseopts="${opts}"
+    fi
+    local baseopts="$__ipython_complete_baseopts"
+    local mode=""
+    for i in "${COMP_WORDS[@]}"; do
+        [ "$cur" = "$i" ] && break
+        if [[ ${subcommands} == *${i}* ]]; then
+            mode="$i"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [[ ${cur} == -* ]]; then
+        if [[ $mode == "notebook" ]]; then
+            _ipython_get_flags frontend.html.notebook.notebookapp notebook_flags "--"
+            opts=$"${opts} ${baseopts}"
+        elif [[ $mode == "qtconsole" ]]; then
+            _ipython_get_flags frontend.qt.console.qtconsoleapp qt_flags "--"
+            opts="${opts} ${baseopts}"
+        elif [[ $mode == "console" ]]; then
+            _ipython_get_flags frontend.terminal.console.app frontend_flags "--"
+        elif [[ $mode == "kernel" ]]; then
+            _ipython_get_flags zmq.kernelapp "kernel_flags.keys()" "--"
+            opts="${opts} ${baseopts}"
+        else
+            opts=$baseopts
+        fi
+        COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" -- ${cur}) )
+        return 0
+    elif [[ ${prev} == "--pylab"* ]] || [[ ${prev} == "--gui"* ]]; then
+        _ipython_get_flags core.shellapp InteractiveShellApp.pylab.values
+        COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" -- ${cur}) )
+    else
+        if [ -z "$mode" ]; then
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -f -W "${subcommands}" -- ${cur}) )
+        else
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -f -- ${cur}) )
+        fi
+    fi
+
+}
+complete -o default -F _ipython ipython