From b9f84f1812f6fbf7026c5ee9c1c136ce643de4b6 2012-07-20 12:09:18
From: Fernando Perez <fernando.perez@berkeley.edu>
Date: 2012-07-20 12:09:18
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #2168 from minrk/expandscript

Expand line in cell magics.

Previously failing test included for %%file $filename
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diff --git a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
index cb6f8e1..4770c95 100644
--- a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
@@ -2111,7 +2111,7 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
             stack_depth = 2
             magic_arg_s = self.var_expand(line, stack_depth)
             with self.builtin_trap:
-                result = fn(line, cell)
+                result = fn(magic_arg_s, cell)
             return result
 
     def find_line_magic(self, magic_name):
diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_magic.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_magic.py
index 4536e5f..52e85ad 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_magic.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_magic.py
@@ -594,6 +594,21 @@ def test_file():
         nt.assert_in('line1\n', s)
         nt.assert_in('line2', s)
 
+def test_file_var_expand():
+    """%%file $filename"""
+    ip = get_ipython()
+    with TemporaryDirectory() as td:
+        fname = os.path.join(td, 'file1')
+        ip.user_ns['filename'] = fname
+        ip.run_cell_magic("file", '$filename', u'\n'.join([
+            'line1',
+            'line2',
+        ]))
+        with open(fname) as f:
+            s = f.read()
+        nt.assert_in('line1\n', s)
+        nt.assert_in('line2', s)
+
 def test_file_unicode():
     """%%file with unicode cell"""
     ip = get_ipython()