How to run Python script on terminal

Question

I want to run a Python script in a terminal, but I do not know how to do this? I already saved a file called gameover.py in / User / luca / Documents / python.

Answer 1

You need python installed on your system. Then you can run this in the terminal in the correct directory:

python gameover.py 

Answer 2

You can execute your file using the following:

 python /Users/luca/Documents/python/gameover.py 

You can also run the file by going to the path of the file you want to run and typing:

 python gameover.py 

Answer 3

It depends on which version of python is installed on your system. See below.

If you have Python version 2. *, you should run this command

 python gameover.py 

But if you have Python version 3. *, you should run this command

 python3 gameover.py 

Because for a MAC with Python version 3. * you get a command not found error

if you run "python gameover.py"

Answer 4

First of all, you need to go to the location of the file you are trying to execute, so in the terminal:

 cd ~/Documents/python 

Now you can execute your file:

 python gameover.py 

Answer 5

If you work with Ubuntu, sometimes you need to work as sudo :

For Python2:

 sudo python gameover.py 

For Python3:

 sudo python3 gameover.py