That’s how to run a Python script in terminal or CMD. It’s a very straightforward process, but it’s extremely handy if you ever want to quickly carry out a bespoke task.

By using Notepad and the Python interpreter, a programmer can write Python programs and execute them, or create "batch" files that can execute multiple programs, including Python scripts.

To run a Python script with the py launcher, simply substitute py and its command-line switches for python or python3. For instance, here is the command typically used to upgrade pip by running it ...