[FIXED] Open ipynb file from the colab disk

Issue

I have a file on Google Collab x.ipynb and I would like to open it. Simple

%run x.ipynb

would run it but inside a single cell.

Instead, I would like to have the same effect as I uploaded that file:

Which opens a new colab notebook for me. I searched Code snippets "open" but haven't found what I need.

Solution

First, connect to your Google Drive files --

from google.colab import drive
drive.mount('/content/drive')

Then, copy the notebook into Drive --

cp x.ipynb /content/drive/My\ Drive/

Then, use xattr to obtain the file identifier --

!xattr -p 'user.drive.id' /content/drive/My\ Drive/x.ipynb

Then, you can open that notebook like so:

https://colab.research.google.com/drive/...drive file ID goes here...

Answered By - Bob Smith