#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
Clear outputs of IPython notebooks.

By default, it prints the notebooks without outputs into stdout.
When the --inplace option is given, all files will be overwritten.

"""

import sys

from IPython.nbformat import current as nbformat


def clear_outputs(nb):
    """Clear output of notebook `nb` INPLACE."""
    for ws in nb.worksheets:
        for cell in ws.cells:
            cell.outputs = []


def stripoutput(inputs, inplace=False):
    """
    Strip output of notebooks.

    Parameters
    ----------
    inputs : list of string
        Path to the notebooks to be processed.
    inplace : bool
        If this is `True`, outputs in the input files will be deleted.
        Default is `False`.

    """
    for inpath in inputs:
        with file(inpath) as fp:
            nb = nbformat.read(fp, 'ipynb')
        clear_outputs(nb)
        if inplace:
            with file(inpath, 'w') as fp:
                nbformat.write(nb, fp, 'ipynb')
        else:
            nbformat.write(nb, sys.stdout, 'ipynb')


def main():
    from argparse import ArgumentParser
    parser = ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
    parser.add_argument('inputs', nargs='+', metavar='input',
                        help='Paths to notebook files.')
    parser.add_argument('-i', '--inplace', default=False, action='store_true',
                        help='Overwrite existing notebook when given.')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    stripoutput(**vars(args))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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