Python Lesson 1 Question

[WannabeFantasma]

Hi all,
I wanted to start to learn how to program in Python when I saw it in Full Circle Magazine(ISSUE27)

But I don't get the line:

Before we
can run the program, we need
to set it to be executable. Do
this by typing

chmod +x hello.py

in the folder where you saved
your python file. Now let's run
the program.

screenshot of the page (http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5056/python1.jpg)

does anyone know?


(and yeh this is like really basic but i just want to learn some programming (or something)...)

[oldfred]

To run the file as a program you have to make it executable.

you can do this to see what chmod is.:
man chmod

and to see read, write and execute permissions of files.
ls -l

You can also run it

python hello.py

[WannabeFantasma]

Yay i got it executed!

All i got was

Hello. I am a python program.
What is your name?

I type my name press enter and nothing

so not good yet
but atleast i know how to execute! (atleast if it has to open in a therminal? )

[Tony Flury]

You might find this would be answered in Programming Talk - although, which tends to be very good for general programming questions