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Python

Posted by Prabhath Pillai
Prabhath Pillai
2,740 Points

Repeatedly typing in filepath to cmd

Hi!

I'm using Python in cmd, and am having to repeatedly type in "python test.py", for example, to run my script.

Is there a quicker way of doing this or am I lazy?

Thanks!

Prabhath

2 Answers

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points
Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

Use your keyboards up arrow in the command line, or you can drag the file from the folder into terminal (assuming you are on a Mac/Linux).

MUZ141095 Kelvin Chawora
MUZ141095 Kelvin Chawora
9,348 Points

Also, an easier method is typing in python first... This will change the default cmd environment to a python environment. After this, instead of prefixing your scripts with "python", you just type in the name of the script. Hope that helps.

Prabhath Pillai
Prabhath Pillai
2,740 Points
Prabhath Pillai
Prabhath Pillai
2,740 Points

thank you so much!