import os, sys print(sys.argv[1]) infile = open(sys.argv[1], encoding="utf8") data = infile.read() infile.close() outfile = open(sys.argv[1], "w", encoding="utf8") data = data.replace("%matplotlib notebook", "#%matplotlib notebook") data = data.replace("%matplotlib inline #reset", "#%matplotlib inline #reset") data = data.replace("time.sleep", "#time.sleep") data = data.replace("fig.canvas.draw", "#fig.canvas.draw") data = data.replace("plt.gcf().canvas.draw", "#plt.gcf().canvas.draw") outfile.write(data) outfile.close()