Using the Python interpreter

[Michael Hoffman]

tkpmep at hotmail.com wrote:
> Instead of starting IDLE as I normally do, I started the Python
> interpreter and tried to run a program. I got a Python prompt (>>>),
> and then tried unsuccessfully to run a Python script named Script1.py
> that runs perfectly well in IDLE. Here's what I did:
> 
>>>> Script1.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: name Script1 is not defined
> 
>>>> python Script1.py

You need to do this from a Windows command line, not from Python.

C:\Python25>python Script1.py
Hello, world!
-- 
Michael Hoffman