How to run an .ipynb Jupyter Notebook from terminal?











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I have some code in a .ipynb file and got it to the point where I don't really need the "interactive" feature of IPython Notebook. I would like to just run it straight from a Mac Terminal Command Line.



Basically, if this were just a .py file, I believe I could just do python filename.py from the command line. Is there something similar for a .ipynb file?










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  • Something like this: github.com/paulgb/runipy ?
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  • Something like that. I have some input statements in my ipython notebook, and it seems to have trouble with these
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I have some code in a .ipynb file and got it to the point where I don't really need the "interactive" feature of IPython Notebook. I would like to just run it straight from a Mac Terminal Command Line.



Basically, if this were just a .py file, I believe I could just do python filename.py from the command line. Is there something similar for a .ipynb file?










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  • Something like this: github.com/paulgb/runipy ?
    – idjaw
    Feb 22 '16 at 3:37










  • Something like that. I have some input statements in my ipython notebook, and it seems to have trouble with these
    – Vincent
    Feb 22 '16 at 3:48













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I have some code in a .ipynb file and got it to the point where I don't really need the "interactive" feature of IPython Notebook. I would like to just run it straight from a Mac Terminal Command Line.



Basically, if this were just a .py file, I believe I could just do python filename.py from the command line. Is there something similar for a .ipynb file?










share|improve this question















I have some code in a .ipynb file and got it to the point where I don't really need the "interactive" feature of IPython Notebook. I would like to just run it straight from a Mac Terminal Command Line.



Basically, if this were just a .py file, I believe I could just do python filename.py from the command line. Is there something similar for a .ipynb file?







python jupyter-notebook ipython nbconvert






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  • Something like this: github.com/paulgb/runipy ?
    – idjaw
    Feb 22 '16 at 3:37










  • Something like that. I have some input statements in my ipython notebook, and it seems to have trouble with these
    – Vincent
    Feb 22 '16 at 3:48


















  • Something like this: github.com/paulgb/runipy ?
    – idjaw
    Feb 22 '16 at 3:37










  • Something like that. I have some input statements in my ipython notebook, and it seems to have trouble with these
    – Vincent
    Feb 22 '16 at 3:48
















Something like this: github.com/paulgb/runipy ?
– idjaw
Feb 22 '16 at 3:37




Something like this: github.com/paulgb/runipy ?
– idjaw
Feb 22 '16 at 3:37












Something like that. I have some input statements in my ipython notebook, and it seems to have trouble with these
– Vincent
Feb 22 '16 at 3:48




Something like that. I have some input statements in my ipython notebook, and it seems to have trouble with these
– Vincent
Feb 22 '16 at 3:48












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From the command line you can convert a notebook to python with this command:



ipython nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb


You may have to install the python mistune package:



sudo pip install mistune





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  • This is simply the command line equivalent of @Eric correct answer.
    – ditkin
    Feb 22 '16 at 3:56






  • 7




    Subcommand ipython nbconvert is deprecated in favor of jupyter nbconvert
    – PenguinEngineer
    Nov 6 '17 at 17:33










  • I don't think this answer is correct. II realise it works but the question is how to run .ipynb from terminal, not how to convert it into a .py and then run it.
    – giac_man
    Nov 23 at 12:48


















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nbconvert allows you to run notebooks with the --execute flag:



jupyter nbconvert --execute <notebook>


If you want to run a notebook and produce a new notebook, you can add --to notebook:



jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook <notebook>


Or if you want to replace the existing notebook with the new output:



jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook --inplace <notebook>


Since that's a really long command, you can use an alias:



alias nbx="jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook"
nbx [--inplace] <notebook>





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  • This seems not to work behind conda virtual environment
    – Ramesh-X
    May 22 at 8:44






  • 1




    This turns the notebook into a static HTML page
    – Jim Daniël Teunis
    Sep 29 at 15:25


















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You can export all your code from .ipynb and save it as a .py script. Then you can run the script in your terminal.



code export sample



Hope it helps.






share|improve this answer




























    up vote
    4
    down vote













    For new version instead of:



    ipython nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb


    You can use jupyter instend of ipython:



    jupyter nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb





    share|improve this answer




























      up vote
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      Update with quoted comment by author for better visibility:




      Author's note "This project started before Jupyter's execute API, which is now the recommended way to run notebooks from the command-line. Consider runipy deprecated and unmaintained." – Sebastian Palma




      Install runipy library that allows running your code on terminal



      pip install runipy


      After just compiler your code:



      runipy <YourNotebookName>.ipynb


      You can try cronjob as well. All information is here






      share|improve this answer



















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        Author's note "This project started before Jupyter's execute API, which is now the recommended way to run notebooks from the command-line. Consider runipy deprecated and unmaintained."
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      From the command line you can convert a notebook to python with this command:



      ipython nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb


      You may have to install the python mistune package:



      sudo pip install mistune





      share|improve this answer























      • This is simply the command line equivalent of @Eric correct answer.
        – ditkin
        Feb 22 '16 at 3:56






      • 7




        Subcommand ipython nbconvert is deprecated in favor of jupyter nbconvert
        – PenguinEngineer
        Nov 6 '17 at 17:33










      • I don't think this answer is correct. II realise it works but the question is how to run .ipynb from terminal, not how to convert it into a .py and then run it.
        – giac_man
        Nov 23 at 12:48















      up vote
      55
      down vote



      accepted










      From the command line you can convert a notebook to python with this command:



      ipython nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb


      You may have to install the python mistune package:



      sudo pip install mistune





      share|improve this answer























      • This is simply the command line equivalent of @Eric correct answer.
        – ditkin
        Feb 22 '16 at 3:56






      • 7




        Subcommand ipython nbconvert is deprecated in favor of jupyter nbconvert
        – PenguinEngineer
        Nov 6 '17 at 17:33










      • I don't think this answer is correct. II realise it works but the question is how to run .ipynb from terminal, not how to convert it into a .py and then run it.
        – giac_man
        Nov 23 at 12:48













      up vote
      55
      down vote



      accepted







      up vote
      55
      down vote



      accepted






      From the command line you can convert a notebook to python with this command:



      ipython nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb


      You may have to install the python mistune package:



      sudo pip install mistune





      share|improve this answer














      From the command line you can convert a notebook to python with this command:



      ipython nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb


      You may have to install the python mistune package:



      sudo pip install mistune






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      • This is simply the command line equivalent of @Eric correct answer.
        – ditkin
        Feb 22 '16 at 3:56






      • 7




        Subcommand ipython nbconvert is deprecated in favor of jupyter nbconvert
        – PenguinEngineer
        Nov 6 '17 at 17:33










      • I don't think this answer is correct. II realise it works but the question is how to run .ipynb from terminal, not how to convert it into a .py and then run it.
        – giac_man
        Nov 23 at 12:48


















      • This is simply the command line equivalent of @Eric correct answer.
        – ditkin
        Feb 22 '16 at 3:56






      • 7




        Subcommand ipython nbconvert is deprecated in favor of jupyter nbconvert
        – PenguinEngineer
        Nov 6 '17 at 17:33










      • I don't think this answer is correct. II realise it works but the question is how to run .ipynb from terminal, not how to convert it into a .py and then run it.
        – giac_man
        Nov 23 at 12:48
















      This is simply the command line equivalent of @Eric correct answer.
      – ditkin
      Feb 22 '16 at 3:56




      This is simply the command line equivalent of @Eric correct answer.
      – ditkin
      Feb 22 '16 at 3:56




      7




      7




      Subcommand ipython nbconvert is deprecated in favor of jupyter nbconvert
      – PenguinEngineer
      Nov 6 '17 at 17:33




      Subcommand ipython nbconvert is deprecated in favor of jupyter nbconvert
      – PenguinEngineer
      Nov 6 '17 at 17:33












      I don't think this answer is correct. II realise it works but the question is how to run .ipynb from terminal, not how to convert it into a .py and then run it.
      – giac_man
      Nov 23 at 12:48




      I don't think this answer is correct. II realise it works but the question is how to run .ipynb from terminal, not how to convert it into a .py and then run it.
      – giac_man
      Nov 23 at 12:48












      up vote
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      down vote













      nbconvert allows you to run notebooks with the --execute flag:



      jupyter nbconvert --execute <notebook>


      If you want to run a notebook and produce a new notebook, you can add --to notebook:



      jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook <notebook>


      Or if you want to replace the existing notebook with the new output:



      jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook --inplace <notebook>


      Since that's a really long command, you can use an alias:



      alias nbx="jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook"
      nbx [--inplace] <notebook>





      share|improve this answer





















      • This seems not to work behind conda virtual environment
        – Ramesh-X
        May 22 at 8:44






      • 1




        This turns the notebook into a static HTML page
        – Jim Daniël Teunis
        Sep 29 at 15:25















      up vote
      96
      down vote













      nbconvert allows you to run notebooks with the --execute flag:



      jupyter nbconvert --execute <notebook>


      If you want to run a notebook and produce a new notebook, you can add --to notebook:



      jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook <notebook>


      Or if you want to replace the existing notebook with the new output:



      jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook --inplace <notebook>


      Since that's a really long command, you can use an alias:



      alias nbx="jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook"
      nbx [--inplace] <notebook>





      share|improve this answer





















      • This seems not to work behind conda virtual environment
        – Ramesh-X
        May 22 at 8:44






      • 1




        This turns the notebook into a static HTML page
        – Jim Daniël Teunis
        Sep 29 at 15:25













      up vote
      96
      down vote










      up vote
      96
      down vote









      nbconvert allows you to run notebooks with the --execute flag:



      jupyter nbconvert --execute <notebook>


      If you want to run a notebook and produce a new notebook, you can add --to notebook:



      jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook <notebook>


      Or if you want to replace the existing notebook with the new output:



      jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook --inplace <notebook>


      Since that's a really long command, you can use an alias:



      alias nbx="jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook"
      nbx [--inplace] <notebook>





      share|improve this answer












      nbconvert allows you to run notebooks with the --execute flag:



      jupyter nbconvert --execute <notebook>


      If you want to run a notebook and produce a new notebook, you can add --to notebook:



      jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook <notebook>


      Or if you want to replace the existing notebook with the new output:



      jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook --inplace <notebook>


      Since that's a really long command, you can use an alias:



      alias nbx="jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook"
      nbx [--inplace] <notebook>






      share|improve this answer












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      • This seems not to work behind conda virtual environment
        – Ramesh-X
        May 22 at 8:44






      • 1




        This turns the notebook into a static HTML page
        – Jim Daniël Teunis
        Sep 29 at 15:25


















      • This seems not to work behind conda virtual environment
        – Ramesh-X
        May 22 at 8:44






      • 1




        This turns the notebook into a static HTML page
        – Jim Daniël Teunis
        Sep 29 at 15:25
















      This seems not to work behind conda virtual environment
      – Ramesh-X
      May 22 at 8:44




      This seems not to work behind conda virtual environment
      – Ramesh-X
      May 22 at 8:44




      1




      1




      This turns the notebook into a static HTML page
      – Jim Daniël Teunis
      Sep 29 at 15:25




      This turns the notebook into a static HTML page
      – Jim Daniël Teunis
      Sep 29 at 15:25










      up vote
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      You can export all your code from .ipynb and save it as a .py script. Then you can run the script in your terminal.



      code export sample



      Hope it helps.






      share|improve this answer

























        up vote
        24
        down vote













        You can export all your code from .ipynb and save it as a .py script. Then you can run the script in your terminal.



        code export sample



        Hope it helps.






        share|improve this answer























          up vote
          24
          down vote










          up vote
          24
          down vote









          You can export all your code from .ipynb and save it as a .py script. Then you can run the script in your terminal.



          code export sample



          Hope it helps.






          share|improve this answer












          You can export all your code from .ipynb and save it as a .py script. Then you can run the script in your terminal.



          code export sample



          Hope it helps.







          share|improve this answer












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          answered Feb 22 '16 at 3:43









          Eric

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              up vote
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              For new version instead of:



              ipython nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb


              You can use jupyter instend of ipython:



              jupyter nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb





              share|improve this answer

























                up vote
                4
                down vote













                For new version instead of:



                ipython nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb


                You can use jupyter instend of ipython:



                jupyter nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb





                share|improve this answer























                  up vote
                  4
                  down vote










                  up vote
                  4
                  down vote









                  For new version instead of:



                  ipython nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb


                  You can use jupyter instend of ipython:



                  jupyter nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb





                  share|improve this answer












                  For new version instead of:



                  ipython nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb


                  You can use jupyter instend of ipython:



                  jupyter nbconvert --to python <YourNotebook>.ipynb






                  share|improve this answer












                  share|improve this answer



                  share|improve this answer










                  answered Apr 5 at 6:19









                  Vijay Panchal

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                      up vote
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                      Update with quoted comment by author for better visibility:




                      Author's note "This project started before Jupyter's execute API, which is now the recommended way to run notebooks from the command-line. Consider runipy deprecated and unmaintained." – Sebastian Palma




                      Install runipy library that allows running your code on terminal



                      pip install runipy


                      After just compiler your code:



                      runipy <YourNotebookName>.ipynb


                      You can try cronjob as well. All information is here






                      share|improve this answer



















                      • 7




                        Author's note "This project started before Jupyter's execute API, which is now the recommended way to run notebooks from the command-line. Consider runipy deprecated and unmaintained."
                        – Sebastian Palma
                        Mar 23 at 15:15















                      up vote
                      1
                      down vote













                      Update with quoted comment by author for better visibility:




                      Author's note "This project started before Jupyter's execute API, which is now the recommended way to run notebooks from the command-line. Consider runipy deprecated and unmaintained." – Sebastian Palma




                      Install runipy library that allows running your code on terminal



                      pip install runipy


                      After just compiler your code:



                      runipy <YourNotebookName>.ipynb


                      You can try cronjob as well. All information is here






                      share|improve this answer



















                      • 7




                        Author's note "This project started before Jupyter's execute API, which is now the recommended way to run notebooks from the command-line. Consider runipy deprecated and unmaintained."
                        – Sebastian Palma
                        Mar 23 at 15:15













                      up vote
                      1
                      down vote










                      up vote
                      1
                      down vote









                      Update with quoted comment by author for better visibility:




                      Author's note "This project started before Jupyter's execute API, which is now the recommended way to run notebooks from the command-line. Consider runipy deprecated and unmaintained." – Sebastian Palma




                      Install runipy library that allows running your code on terminal



                      pip install runipy


                      After just compiler your code:



                      runipy <YourNotebookName>.ipynb


                      You can try cronjob as well. All information is here






                      share|improve this answer














                      Update with quoted comment by author for better visibility:




                      Author's note "This project started before Jupyter's execute API, which is now the recommended way to run notebooks from the command-line. Consider runipy deprecated and unmaintained." – Sebastian Palma




                      Install runipy library that allows running your code on terminal



                      pip install runipy


                      After just compiler your code:



                      runipy <YourNotebookName>.ipynb


                      You can try cronjob as well. All information is here







                      share|improve this answer














                      share|improve this answer



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                      edited Sep 2 at 18:30









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                      answered Feb 10 at 12:05









                      Axis

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                      • 7




                        Author's note "This project started before Jupyter's execute API, which is now the recommended way to run notebooks from the command-line. Consider runipy deprecated and unmaintained."
                        – Sebastian Palma
                        Mar 23 at 15:15














                      • 7




                        Author's note "This project started before Jupyter's execute API, which is now the recommended way to run notebooks from the command-line. Consider runipy deprecated and unmaintained."
                        – Sebastian Palma
                        Mar 23 at 15:15








                      7




                      7




                      Author's note "This project started before Jupyter's execute API, which is now the recommended way to run notebooks from the command-line. Consider runipy deprecated and unmaintained."
                      – Sebastian Palma
                      Mar 23 at 15:15




                      Author's note "This project started before Jupyter's execute API, which is now the recommended way to run notebooks from the command-line. Consider runipy deprecated and unmaintained."
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