alias.py

# /home/username/.ipython/profile_default/startup/alias.py

import subprocess

lines = subprocess.check_output('source bashrc; alias',shell=True).split(b'\n')
manager = get_ipython().alias_manager
for line in lines:
    line = line.decode("utf-8") 
    split_index = line.find('=')
    cmd = line[split_index+1:]
    alias = line[:split_index]
    cmd = cmd[1:-1]
    print ("ALIAS:{}\t\tCMD:{}".format(alias,cmd))

    manager.soft_define_alias(alias, cmd)