Python tutorial 4: How to Run Python Script using Command prompt by Manish Sharma

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what's up Internet i am manish from rebellionrider.com and welcome to the next tutorial in Python programming series so in recently uploaded tutorial on this YouTube channel we learnt how to create and execute a Python script using IDL e but there are instances when we have to execute these scripts using command prompt it does in this video we will learn how to execute Python scripts using command prompt in Windows 10 before starting anything let me quickly explain the setup we will be using for the demonstration I have created a directory with the name Python tutorials in the documents folder in that directory I have created a script with the name T UT 3 dot py this script contains a code which on successful execution displays the current version of Python installed on your system for more details about the code you can watch the YouTube video which we were talking about earlier anyways for the purpose of demonstration we will try to execute this Python script T UT 3 dot P Y using the command prompt there are two ways of doing that number one in your command prompt navigate to the directory where your scripts are saved and then execute them using python interpreter or number to invoke the python interpreter with the location of your script the interpreter will use the location path to find the script and then execute it let's try to execute our script T UT 3 dot py using both dimension ways let's start with the first one which is navigating to the directory as the name suggests in this method we first need to navigate to the directory which contains our Python script this in our case is by 10 tutorials which is located inside the Documents folder you can see the location path of this directory on your screen let's use this path and navigate to this directory now we are inside our desired directory next we have to invoke pythons interpreter we do that simply by writing the keyword on our command prompt writing the keyword Python alone will only invoke the interpreter it will not execute the script to run a desired script we need to command the interpreter to do so we can do that simply by writing the name of our scrape followed by the keyword Python so to run our script we first have to write the keyword Python followed by the name of our script which is T UT 3 dot py let's do that remember is specifying the file extension which is dot py is mandatory otherwise you will get an error let's hit the enter key and see the result here is our result now let's learn the second way of running a Python script which is by invoking the Python interpreter with the location of your script here I have a fresh command prompt open for you guys in the first method of running a Python script we have to do the navigation manually but in the second method we will let the Python interpreter do the navigation for us let's learn how to do that as in this method the interpreter is doing the navigation for us thus we have to specify the location path of our script followed by the keyword Python let's do it first let's find out what is the location path of our script our script T UT 3 dot py is created inside the directory Python tutorials which is located in the documents folder of windows 10 so here we got our path that's exactly what we will be specifying along with the keyword Python this time now that we have our path let us get back to our command prompt and run our script also make sure to enclose this party string inside a pair of double quotes like this perfect now let's try it hit enter and see the result here we are these are the two methods of running Python scripts using command prompt in Windows 10 now I want you to comment and tell me if you like to use command prompt for writing code remember I'm waiting for your comments and very eager to read them hope you enjoyed watching and learned something new please give this video a thumbs up and share it with your friends on your social media thanks for watching this is Manish from rebellion writer calm