tb

%tb:
    Print the last traceback.

%tb prints the last traceback. You can also pass in exception reporting modes (plain, context, verbose, minimal) to get more or less information (normally set with %xmode):

In [1]: 5 // 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZeroDivisionError Traceback (most recent call last) <ipython-input-7-e6530c2158eb> in <module> ----> 1 5 // 0 ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero In [2]: %tb --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZeroDivisionError Traceback (most recent call last) <ipython-input-7-e6530c2158eb> in <module> ----> 1 5 // 0 ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero In [3]: %tb plain Traceback (most recent call last): File "<ipython-input-23-e6530c2158eb>", line 1, in <module> 5 // 0 ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero In [4]: %tb minimal ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero