# How to work with pure python file (.py)

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**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-work-with-pure-python-file-py/4443 "2020-05-18T18:11:23Z")\
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> [@Anirban\_Chatterjee](#):
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> I have many execution points in .py file, creating a notebook for each would take up time, Is there a way to just load the .py file and ‘run’ it like one can run a cell? Basically, trying to see if I can go without using an IDE for .py.

You may want to look into the `%load` command which works in a notebook too, see [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/23549245/8508004) and [here](https://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/interactive/magics.html#magic-load).

Plus, in a cell you can do `import <name of script>` to import it into the notebook namespace. (Note you don’t need the `.py`).

As a different route, you may also be interested in Jupytext, see related answer [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/60251378/8508004).

( **Note:** I had typos in my second item listed in my first answer. They’ve been fixed now).

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