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Reputation: 11

Python script execution error in Windows 7 32 bit system

I have installed python 2.7.10 in my windows 7 32 bit system. I have created a small script test.py and saved it in the folder D:\python27. Now when I execute test.py from windows cmd it runs fine. But when I run python from the command line and then execute the same command test.py I get the error:

File "<stdin>",line 1, in<module>NameError:name 'test' is not defined.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 225

Answers (2)

YOBA
YOBA

Reputation: 2807

You can not execute a python script from python interpreter as from the terminal,

from terminal it is:

python test.py

In your python command line:

You can only import it as import test

or if you have args in it you can use os

import os

os.system("test.py")

Upvotes: 0

Yanick Nedderhoff
Yanick Nedderhoff

Reputation: 1244

This is not how you execute a python script. Instead of starting the python interpreter and then typing

test.py

you have to type

python test.py

directly into the command line.

What you did is starting the python interpreter. This is for directly typing and executing python commands in the shell/cmd.

Upvotes: 2

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