How to run a python file

A file with python code in it is a ‘module’ or ‘script’

(more on the distinction later on...)

It should be named with the .py extension: some_name.py

To run it, you have a couple options:

1. call python on the command line, and pass in your module name

$ python the_name_of_the_script.py

2. run iPython, and run it from within iPython with the run command

In [1]: run the_file.py