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===Run the script=== |
===Run the script=== |
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# Start a terminal prompt. See the [[Boston Python Workshop 8/Friday/Linux terminal navigation|terminal navigation on Linux]] instructions for the steps to do this. Recall that a terminal prompt will look like <code>jesstess$</code> and a Python prompt will look like <code>>>></code>. Make sure you are at a terminal prompt and not a Python prompt; if you are at a Python prompt, you can type <code>exit()</code> on a line by itself and then hit enter to exit Python and return to a terminal prompt. |
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# Navigate to your home directory from a |
# Navigate to your home directory from a terminal prompt, using the <code>ls</code>, <code>pwd</code>, and <code>cd</code> commands. See the [[Boston Python Workshop 8/Friday/Linux terminal navigation|terminal navigation on Linux]] instructions for a refresher on using these commands. Don't hesitate to get help from a staff member on this step if you need it -- it's a new way of navigating your computer, so it may be unintuitive at first! |
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# Once you are in your home directory, you'll see <code>hello.py</code> in the output of <code>ls</code>. |
# Once you are in your home directory, you'll see <code>hello.py</code> in the output of <code>ls</code>. |
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* When you run the <code>python</code> command by itself, you start a Python prompt. You can execute Python code interactively at that prompt. |
* When you run the <code>python</code> command by itself, you start a Python prompt. You can execute Python code interactively at that prompt. |
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* When you run the <code>python</code> command with a file name as an argument, Python executes the Python code in that file. |
* When you run the <code>python</code> command with a file name as an argument, Python executes the Python code in that file. |
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