title: How can I display the version of my Jupyter notebook and run cells in Jupyter notebooks? I get an error: bad interpreter
body: <p>I have installed Anaconda and I use the conda environments and the conda command to install software.</p>
  
  <p>When I type:
  <code>jupyter notebook --version</code></p>
  
  <p>I get the following error:</p>
  
  <p><code>zsh: /Users/cr517/.local/bin/jupyter: bad interpreter: /Users/cr517/anaconda/envs/snakes/bin/python: no such file or directory
  5.2.1</code></p>
  
  <p>I can open a jupyter notebook by typing: <code>jupyter notebook xyz.ipynb</code> but I cannot run any cells. The cell is marked with <code>*</code> after I run it. Soon, this message appears in a pop-up box:</p>
  
  <p><code>The kernel has died, and the automatic restart has failed. It is possible the kernel cannot be restarted. If you are not able to restart the kernel, you will still be able to save the notebook, but running code will no longer work until the notebook is reopened.</code></p>
  
  <p>I get this in the terminal after opening a jupyter notebok:</p>
  
  <pre><code>zsh: /Users/cr517/.local/bin/jupyter: bad interpreter: /Users/cr517/anaconda/envs/snakes/bin/python: no such file or directory
  [I 21:01:55.558 NotebookApp] JupyterLab alpha preview extension loaded from /Users/cr517/anaconda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab
  [I 21:01:55.558 NotebookApp] JupyterLab application directory is /Users/cr517/anaconda/share/jupyter/lab
  [I 21:01:55.564 NotebookApp] Serving notebooks from local directory: /Users/cr517/Documents/teach/demonstrations/python/python-functions-and-modules-master
  [I 21:01:55.564 NotebookApp] 0 active kernels
  [I 21:01:55.564 NotebookApp] The Jupyter Notebook is running at:
  [I 21:01:55.564 NotebookApp] http://localhost:8888/?token=0a0b3368be051aceea02ddfdb677ba5b48724f050e78fa59
  [I 21:01:55.564 NotebookApp] Use Control-C to stop this server and shut down all kernels (twice to skip confirmation).
  [C 21:01:55.584 NotebookApp] 
  
      Copy/paste this URL into your browser when you connect for the first time,
      to login with a token:
          http://localhost:8888/?token=0a0b3368be051aceea02ddfdb677ba5b48724f050e78fa59
  [I 21:01:55.852 NotebookApp] Accepting one-time-token-authenticated connection from ::1
  [I 21:01:57.808 NotebookApp] Kernel started: 944ec290-db3a-4dc1-97fb-cf440cc384ce
  /Users/cr517/anaconda/bin/python: No module named ipykernel_launcher
  [I 21:02:00.804 NotebookApp] KernelRestarter: restarting kernel (1/5)
  /Users/cr517/anaconda/bin/python: No module named ipykernel_launcher
  [I 21:02:03.813 NotebookApp] KernelRestarter: restarting kernel (2/5)
  /Users/cr517/anaconda/bin/python: No module named ipykernel_launcher
  [I 21:02:06.824 NotebookApp] KernelRestarter: restarting kernel (3/5)
  /Users/cr517/anaconda/bin/python: No module named ipykernel_launcher
  [W 21:02:07.940 NotebookApp] Timeout waiting for kernel_info reply from 944ec290-db3a-4dc1-97fb-cf440cc384ce
  [I 21:02:09.833 NotebookApp] KernelRestarter: restarting kernel (4/5)
  kernel 944ec290-db3a-4dc1-97fb-cf440cc384ce restarted
  /Users/cr517/anaconda/bin/python: No module named ipykernel_launcher
  [W 21:02:12.841 NotebookApp] KernelRestarter: restart failed
  [W 21:02:12.842 NotebookApp] Kernel 944ec290-db3a-4dc1-97fb-cf440cc384ce died, removing from map.
  kernel 944ec290-db3a-4dc1-97fb-cf440cc384ce restarted failed!
  [W 21:02:12.873 NotebookApp] 410 DELETE /api/sessions/eaa457a0-7628-42c4-927f-1428b4ec3b68 (::1): Kernel deleted before session
  [W 21:02:12.873 NotebookApp] Kernel deleted before session
  [W 21:02:12.873 NotebookApp] 410 DELETE /api/sessions/eaa457a0-7628-42c4-927f-1428b4ec3b68 (::1) 2.10ms referer=http://localhost:8888/notebooks/python_fm_1.ipynb
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Indeed there is no <code>/Users/cr517/anaconda/envs/snakes/bin/python</code> but why is Jupyter Notebook trying to use this? I have a well-functioning Python here:</p>
  
  <pre><code>which python
  /Users/cr517/anaconda/bin/python
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>?</p>
  
  <pre><code>which -a python
  /Users/cr517/anaconda/bin/python
  /usr/local/bin/python
  /usr/bin/python
  
  which -a jupyter
  /Users/cr517/.local/bin/jupyter
  /Users/cr517/.local/bin/jupyter
  /Users/cr517/.local/bin/jupyter
  
  echo $PATH
  /usr/local/opt/hdf5@1.8/bin:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/DEXTRACTOR:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/DAZZ_DB:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/DASCRUBBER:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/subread-1.5.2-MaxOSX-x86_64/bin:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/SHRiMP_2_2_2/utils:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/fastx/bin:/Users/cr517/.local/bin:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/DAZZ_DB:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/DASCRUBBER:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/subread-1.5.2-MaxOSX-x86_64/bin:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/SHRiMP_2_2_2/utils:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/fastx/bin:/Users/cr517/.local/bin:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/DASCRUBBER:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/subread-1.5.2-MaxOSX-x86_64/bin:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/SHRiMP_2_2_2/utils:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/fastx/bin:/Users/cr517/.local/bin:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/subread-1.5.2-MaxOSX-x86_64/bin:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/SHRiMP_2_2_2/utils:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/fastx/bin:/Users/cr517/.local/bin:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/STAR:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/fastx/bin:/Users/cr517/.local/bin:/Users/cr517/.local/bin:/Users/cr517/anaconda/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/ncbi/blast/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/multibreak-sv/lib:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/PBSuite_15.8.24/pbsuite:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/PBSuite_15.8.24/bin/:/Users/cr517/Documents/phd/project/output/software/blobology
      /Users/cr517/.local/bin/jupyter
      /Users/cr517/.local/bin/jupyter
      /Users/cr517/.local/bin/jupyter
      /Users/cr517/anaconda/bin/jupyter
      /usr/local/bin/jupyter
  
  jupyter kernelspec list
  zsh: /Users/cr517/.local/bin/jupyter: bad interpreter: /Users/cr517/anaconda/envs/snakes/bin/python: no such file or directory
  Available kernels:
    python3    /Users/cr517/anaconda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ipykernel/resources
    ir         /Users/cr517/anaconda/share/jupyter/kernels/ir
    python2    /usr/local/share/jupyter/kernels/python2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><code>jupyter notebook</code> opens my directory in a web browser but does not create a new notebook.</p>
  
  <p>I typed <code>python --version</code> in the terminal and got:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Python 3.6.3 :: Anaconda custom (x86_64)
  </code></pre>