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Line 14: </pre> # Save the script as <code>hello.py</code> in your ~~home~~Desktop directory. The <code>.py</code> extension indicates that this file contains Python code. ===Run the script=== # Start a new command prompt. See the [[Boston_Python_workshop_2/Friday_setup/Terminal_navigation_on_Windows\|terminal navigation on Windows]] instructions for the steps to do this. # Navigate to your ~~home~~Desktop directory from a command prompt, using the <code>dir</code> and <code>cd</code> commands. See the [[Boston_Python_workshop_2/Friday_setup/Terminal_navigation_on_Windows\|terminal navigation on Windows]] 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! # Once you are in your ~~home~~Desktop directory, you'll see <code>hello.py</code> in the output of <code>dir</code>. # Type Line 41: * 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 with a file name as an argument, Python executes the Python code in that file. [[Boston Python workshop 2/Friday setup\|« Back to the Friday setup page]]