What is the purpose of the "!" in !pip? example !pip install tensorflow-gpu==2.0.0. While this seems to work I do not understand the use of the "!".
Best Answer
It means run it as a shell command rather than a notebook command
Try !ls or !pwd
It's the same as if you opened up a terminal and typed it without the !
It's very convenient and you can pass variables between the terminal and your notebook