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Practice starting and exiting Python

Start up a Terminal command prompt. You can find the Terminal application through Spotlight, or navigate to Applications/Utilities/Terminal.

To start Python, type

python

at the command prompt and press enter. You should see something like

Python 2.7.5 (r261:67515, Feb 11 2010, 00:51:29) 
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

The >>> indicates that you are at a Python prompt.

Exit the Python prompt by typing
```
exit()
```
and pressing enter. Now you're back at the OS X command prompt that has a $ sign.

Success!

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

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+== Practice starting and exiting Python ==
 <ol>
 <li>Start up a Terminal command prompt. You can find the Terminal application through Spotlight, or navigate to Applications/Utilities/Terminal.</li>
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 </pre>
-at the command prompt and hit enter. You should see something like
+at the command prompt and press enter. You should see something like
 <pre>
-Python 2.7.1 (r261:67515, Feb 11 2010, 00:51:29)
+Python 2.7.5 (r261:67515, Feb 11 2010, 00:51:29)
 [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
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 </pre>
-and hitting enter. Now you're back at the OS X command prompt (which looks something like <code>jesstess$</code>).</li>
+and pressing enter. Now you're back at the OS X command prompt that has a $ sign.</li>
 </ol>