scriptmode.txt

I will explain how to do it by using an example.

Create a file named hello.py containing 

       print "Hello world!"

using an editor of your choice: Notepad, emacs, etc.  So, this script
file contains only one command, i.e., the print command.  I have
included my version of hello.py in the list of files under Lecture 1.


To run the script that you just created, do:

   1. Open a command window

   2. Go to the folder where hello.py is located.  The 'cd' command
      would be useful.

   3. Try the python command with the script file (hello.py in this
      case) as follows.  Here prompt> is whatever prompt that you get
      on your system.  The result of the program (hello.py in this
      case) will be displayed.

       prompt> python hello.py
       Hello world!

      The program files that I included in this tutorial are all valid
      Python script files.  So, download and try them on your system
      as you go through the tutorial.  That is one of the reasons I
      kept them as plain text file rather than creating them as HTML
      files.