how to run python files in windows command prompt? [duplicate]
Andrew Mclaughlin
I want to run a python file in my command prompt but it does nothing.
These are the screen shots of my program i am testing with and the output the command prompt gives me.
3 Answers
First set path of python
and run python file
python filename.py
command line argument with python
python filename.py command-line argument
You have to install Python and add it to PATH on Windows. After that you can try:
python `C:/pathToFolder/prog.py`or go to the files directory and execute:
python prog.py First go to the directory where your python script is present by using-
cd path/to/directorythen simply do:
python file_name.py