import json
j = json.load(open('input.ipynb'))

to_del = []
for ic, c in enumerate(j["cells"]):
    if c["cell_type"] == "code":
        for io, o in enumerate(c["outputs"]):
            if o["output_type"] == "stream" and o["name"] == "stderr":
                to_del.append((ic, io))

for ic, io in sorted(to_del, reverse=True):
    del j["cells"][ic]["outputs"][io]

with open('simplified.ipynb', 'w') as f:
    json.dump(j, f)

Easily update configuration in a long running python process.

 """
CLI USAGE:
python listener.py l
python listener.py c foo bar
"""

from multiprocessing.managers import SyncManager
from time import sleep
import sys

__config__ = {}

def get_config():
    return __config__

def listener(address='/tmp/p2', authkey=b'password'):
    SyncManager.register("get_config", get_config)
    manager = SyncManager(address, authkey=authkey)
    manager.start()
    config = manager.get_config()
    return manager, config

def controller(address='/tmp/p2', authkey=b'password'):
    SyncManager.register("get_config")
    manager = SyncManager(address, authkey=authkey)
    manager.connect()
    config = manager.get_config()
    return config


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if sys.argv[1] == 'l':
        # from remote_control import listener
        manager, config = listener()
        while True:
            sleep(5)
            print(config)
        manager.shutdown()
    else:
        # from remote_control import controller
        config = controller()
        config.update([(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3])])