Problems executing jupyter notebook script from cmd in windows

Question

First I added the 2 directory paths where I installed Anaconda3 in the Path system variable because I was getting this error:

'jupyter' is not recognized as an internal or external command.

ie 1. C:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda3

2. C:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda3\\Scripts

However, I still cannot execute the script. I get a bunch of Tracebacks and the error at the end:

ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

I am not sure where my script file needs to be but I tried 2 directories. First the initial directory where jupyter creates it and next I moved it inside the \\Anaconda3\\Scripts folder but both to no avail. I am also getting the same error if I try to run jupyter from cmd.

Answer 1

IPython notebooks are stored in .ipynb formats. While python files are of .py format. This being said, you'll have to convert the notebook to a python file.

cd into the directory your notebook exists and type the following in your command prompt

$ jupyter nbconvert --to script [NOTEBOOK_NAME].ipynb

A .py file with the same name should now be there in the same directory.

You can find other export options available, and the examples mentioned in their docs