cmd error while using python code

Question

I am new to the process of learning programming. So I am going to learn Python for my first scripting language. I downloaded Python 3.6.2 and wrote the simple "hello world " program in IDLE- it works just fine

And then I tried to open the file in command prompt and it was showing a syntax error as the below.

C:\Users\User>cd \Code

C:\Users\User>cd \Code

C:\Code>
C:\Code>hello.py


  File "C:\Code\hello.py", line 1


 Python 3.6.2 (v3.6.2:5fd33b5, Jul  8 2017, 04:14:34) [MSC v.1900 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
             ^


SyntaxError: invalid syntax

C:\Code>

my pc is a windows 10 and 64 bits

I searched for the solution and I couldn't find any. Please reply me if you have a solution

thank you!!

Answer 1

I'm not familiar with Windows cmd, but in Linux, we usually run python from terminal as

python3 filename.py

or make filename.py an executable and run ./filename.py

Answer 2

when you want to run a python file using cmd, you have to prefix python to execute your program.
In this case, type python hello.py and see the magic!