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== Practice starting and exiting Python ==

<ol>
<li>Open a Terminal command prompt. You can find the Terminal application at Applications/Accessories/Terminal, or it may already be on your menu bar.</li>
<li>To start Python, type

<pre>
python
</pre>

at the command prompt and press enter. You should see something like
<pre>
Python 2.7.5 (r252:60911, Jan 24 2011, 17:44:40) 
[GCC 4.3.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 
</pre>

The <code>>>></code> indicates that you are at a Python prompt.</li>
<li>Exit the Python prompt by typing

<pre>
exit()
</pre>

and pressing enter. Now you're back at the Linux command prompt that has a $ sign.</li>
</ol>

===Success!===

Practice these steps until you feel comfortable navigating to a command prompt, starting Python, and exiting Python.

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