How to copy multiple input cells in Jupyter Notebook

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Basically I want to copy (Ctrl+C) only the code portions from multiple cells without also copying the output or the In[1]: and Out[1]:

What is the easiest way to do so?

Have you tried clicking one of the cells, and then shift + clicking another cell to get the cell range? I was able to successfully copy and paste those lines of code using this method — BenWS, Sep 28 '17 at 00:58

Lahiru Karunaratne · Answer 1 · 2019-11-28T10:53:23.300

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When you are on a cell in Command mode(blue color mode), simply press Shift + DownArrow or Shift + UpArrow to select multiple cells. Press ctrl + C. And that's it. You have copied your entire selected code at once. It doesn't affect whether you have cell outputs.

Command mode: The Jupyter Notebook has two different keyboard input modes. Edit mode allows you to type code or text into a cell and is indicated by a green cell border. Command mode binds the keyboard to notebook level commands and is indicated by a grey cell border with a blue left margin.

edited Nov 28 '19 at 10:53

answered Nov 04 '19 at 12:49

Lahiru Karunaratne

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Much easier to understand and follow - thanks for providing this alternative answer after two years! – Johannes Ranke May 05 '20 at 07:14
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I tried this. Unfortunately when you do this, and paste them, they all get merged into one cell – KansaiRobot Sep 12 '20 at 02:21
Thank goodness for this answer -- I have wasted so much time copying/pasting individual cells. This should really be part of the standard documentation for notebooks. @KansaiRobot this does not merge cells for me (as of jupyter-notebook version 6.3). – eric May 01 '21 at 18:08
@KansaiRobot: See an answer below: Now the most important one: make sure the jupyter file you want to copy the cells into is ALSO in blue/command mode. If this is not the case, you will copy all the cells into a single cell. – M_D Jan 10 '23 at 15:51

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 03 '17 at 21:47

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In jupyter you can copy several cells or the content of one cell. If you follow @BenWS comment you can copy several cells, and if you do kernel > restart & clear outputs beforehand you woult not get the [out]. Shortcut is C for copy cell and V shift + V to paste below / above.

However if you intend to copy several cells content, you should merge then before by select them and shift + M and then you can copy paste with ctrl + C.

answered Oct 03 '17 at 21:47

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it is difficult to understand what did you mean. Command mode? Or Edit mode? – doubts Jul 15 '18 at 20:09
All the shortcuts are in command mode, you can enter command mode with ESC. Except for the last one ctrl + c you have to be inside the cell – MCMZL Jul 16 '18 at 12:00
Shift + M will merge the cells you have selected. Should've at least given a heads up! Now I'm stuck with multiple merged cells that I need to break down again. – ahmadPH Aug 11 '22 at 16:58
@ahmadPH I mentioned it will merge them in my comment. You can always press Z in command mode if you want to revert – MCMZL Aug 12 '22 at 10:15

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 11 '21 at 13:58

What worked for me is the following:

update jupyter notebook within a cell using:

pip install -U jupyter notebook
go in command mode by clicking to the left of a cell. If you click inside of a cell, it will be green.
Use shift+down/up to select the cells you want to copy and use ctrl+c
Now the most important one: make sure the jupyter file you want to copy the cells into is ALSO in blue/command mode. If this is not the case, you will copy all the cells into a single cell.

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 13 '22 at 04:05

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In the latest version of JupyterLabs:

File > Export Notebook As > Executable Script

Gives you the code as a text file.

answered Apr 13 '22 at 04:05

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 17 '20 at 11:48

Just do: File > Export Notebook As > Export Notebook to Asciidoc and it will be easy to copy paste. This is what an Asciidoc file looks like:

+*In[ ]:*+
[source, ipython3]
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import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv("data/survey_results_public.csv")

df.tail(10)

df.shape

pd.set_option("display.max_columns", 85)
pd.set_option("display.max_rows", 85)

schema_df = pd.read_csv("data/survey_results_schema.csv")

schema_df.head(10)


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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 10 '20 at 18:03

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Open notebook dir as project in PyCharm, and then open the wanted ipynb file, select and copy all the source code, past into notepad++, replace "\r\n#%%\r\n\r\n" by null with extended search mode.

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Constantine Mok · Answer 7 · 2020-12-22T05:48:37.323

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For jupyterlab after Shift + UpArrow or Shift + select with mouse on multiple cells. Right click on cells for copy(C) and paste(P).

edited Dec 22 '20 at 05:48

answered Dec 22 '20 at 04:28

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 10 '23 at 20:58

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For old Jupyter users File>Print Preview> ctrl + a

answered Jun 10 '23 at 20:58

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Please clarify what you mean by "old Jupyter" users. – wlo Jun 13 '23 at 08:49
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I'm working on this vesion, its not latest. jupyter_client : 7.3.4 jupyter_core : 4.11.1 jupyter_server : 1.18.1 jupyterlab : 3.4.4 – Abdullah Ahmad Khan Jun 14 '23 at 09:57

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 14 '23 at 12:47

if you are using a jupyter notebook in VS Code, then click the three dots "..." in the top-right corner of your notebook,then select "Export" and choose "Python Script". VS Code will automatically create a new python file with all the code (and comments) in it.

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