6 ways to run python

Python language interpreter

Python interpreter can be used many ways from command line.

Beginners guide: https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide

Developers guide: https://devguide.python.org/

•  Call a Python interactive shell (REPL):

           python

•   Execute script in a given Python file:

           python script.py

• Execute script as part of an interactive shell:

          python -i script.py

•  Execute a Python expression:

          python -c "expression"

•  Run library module as a script (terminates option list):

          python -m module arguments

•  Interactively debug a Python script:

         python -m pdb script.py