Creating interactive command-line Python app?

[planetthoughtful]

Hello All,

Newbie to Python, and I'm wondering if it's possible to create a Python
console app that prompts for further input on the command line when run
(in Windows XP, if that's important)?

I've tried Googling, but the results are overwhelmingly about
interactive Python environments (IPython etc etc), instead of how to
achieve prompting at the command line when running your own Python app.

Any help appreciated!

Much warmth,

planetthoughtful