# Equivalent of \`nbconvert\` when using IJulia

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equivalent-of-nbconvert-when-using-ijulia/113873>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** jupyter, ijulia\
**Created:** [May 5, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equivalent-of-nbconvert-when-using-ijulia/113873 "2024-05-05T17:18:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![keynescoefen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d2c977/32.png) [@keynescoefen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/keynescoefen)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equivalent-of-nbconvert-when-using-ijulia/113873/1 "2024-05-05T17:18:40Z")

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Hello!

I was trying to run the command

```julia
nbconvert --to pdf --TemplateExporter.exclude_input=True my_notebook.ipynb

```

to avoid printing the code output of a cell as per the discussion [here.](https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/77352/generate-pdf-from-jupyter-notebook-without-code)

Is there an equivalent in `IJulia` that I can run from the command line?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![goerz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/goerz/32/3269_2.png) [@goerz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/goerz)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equivalent-of-nbconvert-when-using-ijulia/113873/2 "2024-05-05T17:34:34Z")

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In principle, `nbconvert` should be pretty agnostic as to whether the notebook is in Python or in Julia, but I would very much recommend having a look at [Quarto](https://quarto.org/) for a much smoother experience (also independent of the notebook language)

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**Author:** ![keynescoefen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d2c977/32.png) [@keynescoefen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/keynescoefen)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equivalent-of-nbconvert-when-using-ijulia/113873/3 "2024-05-05T18:26:53Z")

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@goerz

Quarto is indeed much nicer.

However, they seem to be lacking a side-by-side preview function or display of plots underneath cells in VSCode, as per [here,](https://quarto.org/docs/get-started/computations/vscode.html) which is great when trying things out.

Unless I am missing something?

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**Author:** ![goerz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/goerz/32/3269_2.png) [@goerz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/goerz)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/equivalent-of-nbconvert-when-using-ijulia/113873/4 "2024-05-05T19:37:42Z")

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You can still use `.ipynb` files. Quarto just takes care of converting them to PDF or other formats for a “report”.