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Python

Borislav Yordanov
Borislav Yordanov
4,800 Points
Posted by Borislav Yordanov
Borislav Yordanov
4,800 Points

Can't run script in the shell

I am trying to run a script in the shell. Here is what I'm trying to do. treehouse:~/workspace$ python
Python 3.5.0 (default, Apr 5 2016, 17:53:30)
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

python testing.py
File "<stdin>", line 1
python testing.py
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
python testing.py
File "<stdin>", line 1
python testing.py
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
221,297 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
221,297 Points

If you type "python" by itself as a shell command, you start python running in the interactive mode. You can't give shell commands inside python.

You can tell you're inside python because the prompt changes to ">>>".

If you want to enter another shell command you must first exit python. Type: quit(). Then, when you see the shell prompt (treehouse:~/workspace$), you can enter a new shell command.