[Tutor] Running Files with Command Lines

[Yony Torres]

hello there :) ima try it one more time, ima pasting the previous email content i sent previously so here it goes ;P
I'm working in a windows vista home premium system
i installed python 3.2.2
I'm trying to learn Python from a well known book, and i'm stuck with 
> something that i know that might seem surprisingly easy for you and i 
> would like to humbly request your help: 
> 
> i created a script in a file named script1.py and i saved it in the 
> folder named python journey located in this path 
> c:\users\myusername\documents\varios2\pythonjourney\  (as you can see i suppressed the spaces in the folder's names)
> 
> i tested the script1.py file via the GUI and it works fine...BUT!...i 
> have been trying to run it via the Python command line and the Windows 
> CMD... UNSUCCESSFULLY :( 
> 
> the instructions given in the book are these as follows: 
> 
> "Once you’ve saved this text file, you can ask Python to run it by 
> listing its full filename as the first argument to a python command, 
> typed at the system shell prompt:" 
> 
> % python script1.py 
> 
> "Again, you can type such a system shell command in whatever your 
> system provides for command-line entry—a Windows Command Prompt window, 
> an xterm window, 
> or similar. Remember to replace “python” with a full directory path, as 
> before, if your PATH setting is not configured." 
> 
> what i did was this: 

while i was working with the windows CMD
i made sure i was working on python by entering this "code"
cd c:\python32pyhton
---so, it successfully showed me this
c:\Python32>pythonPython 3.2.2 (default, Sep  4 2011, 09:51:08) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>>
----then, i tried this:
>>> c:\Users\myusername\Documents\varios2\pythonjourney\ script1.py

----(please note that i put no indentation), i pressed enter and it returned this:

  File "<stdin>", line 1    c:\Users\myusername\Documents\varios2\pythonjourney\ script1.py     ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax
----then i tried what's next:
>>> c:\Users\myusername\Documents\varios2\pythonjourney> script1.py----and returned this:

  File "<stdin>", line 1    c:\Users\Talmidim\Documents\varios2\pythonjourney> script1.py     ^SyntaxError: invalid syntax
----my guess was that is something wrong with writing the the ":", so i tried:
>>> \Users\Talmidim\Documents\varios2\pythonjourney> script1.pyand it returned this:

  File "<stdin>", line 1    \Users\myusername\Documents\varios2\pythonjourney> script1.py                                                              ^SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character


Can somebody please help me?

thanks in advance!!! ;)

 
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> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:06:22 -0500 
> From: bgailer at gmail.com 
> To: talmidim at live.com 
> CC: tutor at python.org 
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Running Files with Command Lines 
>  
> On 2/12/2012 2:21 AM, Yony Torres wrote: 
> Hello buddies 
>  
>  
> I'm trying to learn Python from a well known book, and i'm stuck with  
> something that i know that might seem surprisingly easy for you and i  
> would like to humbly request your help: 
>  
> i created a script in a file named script1.py and i saved it in the  
> folder named python journey located in this path  
> c:\users\myusername\documents\varios 2\python journey\ 
>  
> i tested the script1.py file via the GUI and it works fine...BUT!...i  
> have been trying to run it via the Python command line and the Windows  
> CMD... UNSUCCESSFULLY :( 
>  
> the instructions given in the book are these as follows: 
>  
> "Once you’ve saved this text file, you can ask Python to run it by  
> listing its full filename as the first argument to a python command,  
> typed at the system shell prompt:" 
>  
> % python script1.py 
>  
> "Again, you can type such a system shell command in whatever your  
> system provides for command-line entry—a Windows Command Prompt window,  
> an xterm window, 
> or similar. Remember to replace “python” with a full directory path, as  
> before, if your PATH setting is not configured." 
>  
> what i did was this: 
>  
> I typed all this options: 
>  
> c:\users\myusername\documents\varios 2\python journey> script1.py 
>  
> c:\users\myusername\documents\varios 2\python journey\ script1.py 
>  
> c:\users\myusername\documents\varios 2\python journey\script1.py 
>  
>  
> what am i doing wrong? can somebody please help me? 
>  
> Thanks for asking. When you ask for help please tell us which version  
> of Python and what OS you are running, and what (if any) errors or  
> unexpected results you are getting. The more info you give us the  
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>  
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>  
> The directions you were given are hard to follow, and a lot depends on  
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>  
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