orangeDinosaur wrote: > Hi, > > I'm brand new to using/playing with Python, and I have what is likely a > very simple question but can't seem to figure it out. > > I wrote up a script in my preferred text editor. It contains maybe ten > lines of code. I want to be able to execute those code lines with a > single command either from the inline mode or from IDLE. How do I do > this? I saved the file (myscript.py) in a folder that I've specified > in my PYTHONPATH environment variable, and when I type > >>>> import myscript > > the script runs. If, later during the same session, I type > >>>> myscript > > all I get for output is > > <module 'myscript' from 'c:\documents and settings\t_crane\my > documents\Python Modules\myscript.pyc'> > > Somwhere in the beginning tutorial there's this line: > > "The script can be given a executable mode, or permission, using the > chmod command: > > $ chmod +x myscript.py"
This is a Unix-specific command (POSIX-specific, actually). It won't work on a Windows box. To run the script from a command line, `python C:\path\to\script\myscript.py' should do the trick, I can't say for sure, though because I'm a heathen Linux user. HTH -- Steve Juranich Tucson, AZ USA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
