how to run a python script

[selvanthiru]

please tell me where i should type a python script,i.e a program and how can i run it in the idle help me please

[bartonc]

please tell me where i should type a python script,i.e a program and how can i run it in the idle help me please

IDLE is a good editor for getting started. Many of use use it, still.
Run IDLE from the menu: Start->Programs->Python 2.x-> IDLE (Python GUI).
In the File menu choose New Window.
Write a program ie script like

print "hello"

Save the file someplace that makes sense.
From the Run menu, choose Run Module F5.

That's it! Have fun and keep posting.

[selvanthiru]

how to run a python script

please tell me were should i type a script notepad or idle then where to save it ,
then how to run it in command line and idle also tell me the same for linux please

[bartonc]

please tell me were should i type a script notepad or idle then where to save it ,
then how to run it in command line and idle also tell me the same for linux please

On windows you can save it anywhere that you want to.
On Linux the first line must look something like
#! python
But I'm not sure about that.

[bartonc]

selvanthiru, welcome to the python forum at TheScripts Developer Network.

What you had done was "double post". Two threads with the same topic. I have merged the two threads into one.

[true911m]

On windows you can save it anywhere that you want to.
On Linux the first line must look something like
#! python
But I'm not sure about that.

#!/usr/bin/env python

[bartonc]

#!/usr/bin/env python

Thanks, Mark. I won't forget it.

[dshimer]

Just in case this information is situation specific, I am running python 2.5 on windows and use PythonWin as my editor.
Along the thoughts of where to save scripts and modules. I just create a directory for all my python stuff, then put it in the python search path by placing the full name of the directory in a file with a .pth extension in the python root directory (file can have any name, just needs that extension). That way wherever I am working, or when loading a script into pythonwin, python knows to look in that directory.