On 23/08/12 23:18, Cecilia Chavana-Bryant wrote: [...]
I found this command: mkdir -p i/like/icecream. I am guessing that the -p stands for directory path?
Ha, that's the trouble with command line interfaces -- they tend to end up being cryptic and painfully terse. In this case, -p actually stands for "parents", in the sense that mkdir is trying to create the folder "icecream" inside the parent folder "like", inside the grandparent folder "i". If any of the parent folders are missing, the -p option says to create the missing folders. I don't want to put you off learning about the command line, because knowledge is good. I've never learned something and then thought "I wish I was more ignorant". But honestly, you don't need to be a command line expert to make use of Python's interactive interpreter. To get started, all you need is one command: python and then press the ENTER key. That brings up Python's interactive interpreter, which uses Python syntax rather than the shell's rather cryptic commands and options. (Of course, the python command also takes a bunch of optional, and useful. command switches, but you can learn them as you go.) By all means continue with the command line book if you are getting something useful out of it, but don't think you *have* to learn the shell in order to use Python. The two are independent. -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor