remove_output.py

"""
usage: python remove_output.py notebook.ipynb [ > without_output.ipynb ]


"""
import sys
import io
from IPython.nbformat import current


def remove_outputs(nb):
    """remove the outputs from a notebook"""
    for ws in nb.worksheets:
        for cell in ws.cells:
            if cell.cell_type == 'code':
                cell.outputs = []

if __name__ == '__main__':
    fname = sys.argv[1]
    with io.open(fname, 'r') as f:
        nb = current.read(f, 'json')
    remove_outputs(nb)
    print current.writes(nb, 'json')

A script like this for newer versions can be found at:

https://gist.github.com/decabyte/0ed87372774cf5d34d7e