How do I run python scripts from terminal?

Question

I'm a noobie to python. So I made this simple script which basically when run it takes 1 argument and then it copies the message associated with that argument to your clipboard. the code -

message =  {'available' : 'yeah, come to my office', 'busy' : 'nah, man busy right now', 'hate' : 'i dont like you anymore'}
    

import sys
import pyperclip

if len(sys.argv) < 2 :
    print('Usage:mclip[arg]')
    sys.exit()

keyphrase = 'busy'


if keyphrase in message.keys() :
    pyperclip.copy(message[keyphrase])
    print('{} copyied to clipboard'.format(message[keyphrase]))

else : 
    print('{} not in registered'.format(keyphrase))

Now, how do I run it from cmd?? I tried running it from the vs code powershell terminal which is is the same working directory as the file. But I keep getting this error -

python clipboard.py

C:\Users\Kakshipth\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\python.exe: can't open file 'clipboard.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

I get a similar error when I try python3 clipboard.py

Please help me out, also tell me how do you guys execute scripts? Like do you make a.bat file or just run the python file.

Answer 1

You need to open the terminal/command line inside the folder that contains your python file.

If it still doesnt work try:

python ./clipboard.py