%load does not work

[bdzimmer]

Using the %load magic causes the runtime to hang and disconnect.

As shown above, this issue is easy to reproduce. Also, %load hangs when loading code from the namespace, i.e:

def test_func(x, y):
   return x + y

%load -n test_func

[ghost]

Even i faced the same issue. I cloned a github repo using !git clone https://github.com/llSourcell/Pokemon_GAN.git. I wanted to modify a .py file inside Colab. So i used %load filename.py. But whenever i run this command, i get disconnected after some time. Please let me know if there is some other way to edit .py file without undergoing the hassle of downloading it to pc, editing and then re uploading it. Thanks in advance.

[commd]

%load filename.py #doesn't hang nor disconnect for me, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

[dylanmmarshall]

Aye, checking in here to say that I am also experiencing this issue. My workaround is

# in a code cell
>>> %cat file.txt

then copy output and paste to a new cell

# do some editing
>>> %%writefile file.txt

[samwit]

I am also still seeing this issues, the %load command seems to run but it doesn't load anything into the cell.

[craigcitro]

Thanks for the reports -- this is definitely a bug on our side. We haven't had a chance to tackle it yet, but when we do, we'll update this issue.

[zuuuhkrit]

Any update on this? For me %load doesn't hang anything, but it doesn't do anything either :)

[gasrodriguez]

Same for me! I cloned a repo into the notebook's kernel and wanted to embed some files into cells using %load. If the path to the file is wrong it complains and when is OK it doesn't, so load is doing "something", but nothing is shown.

[colaboratory-team]

b/133228391

[DleanJeans]

The least you can do is create another cell with

%%writefile path/to/file.py
<file content>

when %load path/to/file.py is run.

[sbwcwso]

Is it not fixed yet? I have the same issue now, which is vey upset.

[wqnow]

Two years passed and the bug is still there...

[ricardodeazambuja]

@wqnow I created a library that has a function (copy2clipboard) that kind of mimics the %load magic, but it can't write directly on the cell and only copies the content to the clipboard:
https://github.com/ricardodeazambuja/colab_utils

[wqnow]

@ricardodeazambuja Thank u! I find that double clicking the file in colab will open a widget on the right of the page and you can edit the file in it.

[igorlucci]

the bug is still there...

[samuelkingsport2]

The bug still seems to be present.

[btnorman]

%load appears not to work for me

[AhmedBourouis]

same problem for me ! is there any solution for this ?

[RyuuOujiXS]

Imagine having an issue in Triage for 4 years. Talk about not giving a fuck.

[100rab-S]

@craigcitro The bug is still present, please fix it.

[vityas]

It appears that @craigcitro has left the colab team...