Converting to (not from) ipython Notebook format

Question

IPython Notebook comes with nbconvert, which can export notebooks to other formats. But how do I convert text in the opposite direction? I ask because I already ha

Answer 1

very old question, i know. but there is jupytext (also available on pypi) that can convert from ipynb to several formats and back.

when jupytext is installed you can use

$ jupytext --to notebook test.py

in order to generate test.ipynb.

jupytext has a lot more interesting features that can come in handy when working with notebooks.

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here is a more recent question on that topic.