How to load/edit/run/save text files (.py) into an IPython notebook cell?

by

EDIT: Starting from IPython 3 (now Jupyter project), the notebook has a text editor that can be used as a more convenient alternative to
load/edit/save text files.

A text file can be loaded in a notebook cell with the magic command %load.

If you execute a cell containing:

%load filename.py

the content of filename.py will be loaded in the next cell. You can edit and execute it as usual.

To save the cell content back into a file add the cell-magic %%writefile filename.py at the beginning of the cell and run it. Beware that if a file with the same name already exists it will be silently overwritten.

To see the help for any magic command add a ?: like %load? or %%writefile?.

For general help on magic functions type “%magic”
For a list of the available magic functions, use %lsmagic. For a description
of any of them, type %magic_name?, e.g. ‘%cd?’.

See also: Magic functions from the official IPython docs.

More Related Contents:

  1. How do I increase the cell width of the Jupyter/ipython notebook in my browser?
  2. “ImportError: No module named” when trying to run Python script
  3. How do I get the current IPython / Jupyter Notebook name
  4. Link Conda environment with Jupyter Notebook
  5. Installing a pip package from within a Jupyter Notebook not working
  6. Running Jupyter with multiple Python and IPython paths
  7. How to programmatically generate markdown output in Jupyter notebooks?
  8. How to close IPython Notebook properly?
  9. Simple way to measure cell execution time in ipython notebook
  10. How to pickle or store Jupyter (IPython) notebook session for later
  11. How to disable password request for a Jupyter notebook session?
  12. How do I add a kernel on a remote machine in IPython (Jupyter) Notebook?
  13. How to make IPython notebook matplotlib plot inline
  14. Purpose of “%matplotlib inline”
  15. Configuring Spark to work with Jupyter Notebook and Anaconda
  16. How to display full output in Jupyter, not only last result?
  17. Autoreload of modules in IPython [duplicate]
  18. How to dynamically update a plot in a loop in IPython notebook (within one cell)
  19. What is the currently correct way to dynamically update plots in Jupyter/iPython?
  20. Passing IPython variables as arguments to bash commands
  21. Get Output From the logging Module in IPython Notebook
  22. Connecting to a remote IPython instance
  23. How can I display an image from a file in Jupyter Notebook?
  24. Convert JSON IPython notebook (.ipynb) to .py file
  25. Share data between IPython Notebooks
  26. Is there an equivalent to CTRL+C in IPython Notebook in Firefox to break cells that are running?
  27. import a function from another .ipynb file
  28. Jupyter | The kernel appears to have died. It will restart automatically |
  29. How to fix ipykernel_launcher.py: error: unrecognized arguments in jupyter?
  30. Jupyter Notebook: interactive plot with widgets

Leave a Comment