syntax error when using command line in python

Question

I am a beginner to python and am at the moment having trouble using the command line  I have a script test py  which only contains print  Hello      and it is located in the map C  Python27  In my system variables  I have specified python to be C  Python27  I have other versions of Python installed on my computer as well    I thought this should be enough to run python test py in the command line  but when I do so I get this   File   lt stdin gt    line 1 python test py          SyntaxError  invalid syntax   What is wrong  Thanks in advance

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In order to run scripts  you should write the  python test py  command in the command prompt  and not within the python shell  also  the test py file should be at the path you run from in the cli

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Come out of the  python interpreter      Check out your PATH variable c  python27 cd and your file location  3 Now type Python yourfilename py    I hope this should work

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Looks like your problem is that you are trying to run python test py from within the Python interpreter  which is why you re seeing that traceback   Make sure you re out of the interpreter  then run the python test py command from bash or command prompt or whatever

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I faced a similar problem  on my Windows computer  please do check that you have set the Environment Variables correctly  To check that Environment variable is set correctly   Open cmd exe  Type Python and press return   a  If it outputs the version of python then the environment variables are set correctly   b  If it outputs  quot no such program or file name quot  then your environment variable are not set correctly    To set environment variable   goto Computer- gt  System Properties- gt  Advanced System Settings - gt  Set Environment Variables Goto path in the system variables  append  C  Python27 in the end   If you have correct variables already set  then you are calling the file inside the python interpreter

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Don t type python test py from inside the Python interpreter  Type it at the command prompt  like so

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Running from the command line means running from the terminal or DOS shell   You are running it from Python itself

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