How to run a Python script in a '.py' file from a Google Colab notebook?

Question

%%javascript
IPython.OutputArea.prototype._should_scroll = function(lines) {
    return false;
}

%run rl_base.py

I run this giving error saying rl_bas

Answer 1

When you run your notebook from Google drive, an instance is created only for the notebook. To make the other files in your Google drive folder available you can mount your Google drive with:

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

Then copy the file you need into the instance with:

!cp gdrive/My\ Drive/path/to/my/file.py .

And run your script:

!python file.py