(Python) Beginner question, scripts won't run?

[KamonB]

This is a extremely basic question and I feel awful just asking it but:


I'm trying to teach myself Python and I've been reading the stickies.. However when I start saving strings of codes into gedit, the site I'm learning off of tells me to "run the script"

How do I "run the script" through just gedit so it'll pop up in the Python3 terminal in Ubuntu?

I save it as test1.py but I have no idea what to do with it.

[Mr. Shannon]

You run most python scripts from the command line. So open a terminal with ctrl+alt+t and then cd to the directory your script is and run the script with:

./<your script>

However, your script is probably not marked as executable yet, so you will first have to do:

chmod +x <your script>

[schragge]

From the terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t)

python test1.py

or

python3 test1.py

[KamonB]

I feel so dumb, thank you guys so much!