is it possble to run a script from the python shell?

[Aahz]

In article <MPG.1b00d7f67c9240d6989682 at newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>,
Darren Dale  <dd55 at cornell.edu> wrote:
>
>If so, how is it done? This is probably a stupid question. But when I 
>os.chdir into a directory that I know contains a python file, when I try 
>to call it
>
>>>>color_demo.py
>
>I get 
>
>NameError: name color_demo is not defined

Try 

    >>> execfile('color_demo.py')
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