ignore markdown cells in `jupyter nbconvert` with `--to script`

Question

Is it possible to have jupyter nbconvert ... --to script ignore markdown cells rather than convert them to comments?

I\'m asking because I want to use

Answer 1

This seems to work:

Create a template strip_markdown.tpl

## remove markdown cells
{% extends 'python.tpl'%}
{% block markdowncell -%}
{% endblock markdowncell %}

jupyter nbconvert my_notebook.ipynb --to python --template=strip_markdown.tpl