create a raw python file in jupyter notebook

Actually jupyter allows to create plain-text file:

Create a new text file

Save the text file with python extension

In order to create a python file from an existing notebook (somenotebook.ipynb), please run

jupyter nbconvert somenotebook.ipynb --to script

This will create somenotebook.py.

Another way of creating a python file and executing it from within Jupyter notebook cell is as below:

I didn't find such option in jupyter notebook, but you can create empty *.py file and then open with jupyter. It is better then plain text, because you get colored text.

Another approach of adding code from jupyter notebook cells to a .py is by using the built-in Magic command %logstart.

The %writefile saves the current cell code to a .py file.

%logstart

From the Documentation

Start logging anywhere in a session.

%logstart [-o|-r|-t|-q] [log_name [log_mode]]

If no name is given, it defaults to a file named ipython_log.py in your current directory, in rotate mode (see below).

%logstart name saves to file name in backup mode. It saves your history up to that point and then continues logging.

%logstart takes a second optional parameter: logging mode. This can be one of (note that the modes are given unquoted):

append
Keep logging at the end of any existing file.

backup
Rename any existing file to name~ and start name.

global
Append to a single logfile in your home directory.

over
Overwrite any existing log.

rotate
Create rotating logs: name.1~, name.2~, etc.

Check more options in the documentation

Example:

%logstop
%logstart -ort sample.py append

The above command appends all the Jupyter notebook code to sample.py

Note: Should run in the first cell

Here is how I got a ipynb as a .py script file:

Goto File-> Save And Export Notebook As ->Executable Script .py file will be downloaded to Downloads folder. I run Version 4.0.0 of Jupyterlab in a chromebrowser.

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You need to select all cells in the notebook to save all the contents into .py file