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<ol> <li>Start up a Terminal command prompt. You can find the Terminal application through Spotlight, or navigate to Applications/Utilities/Terminal.</li> <li>To start Python, type <pre> python </pre> at the command prompt and hit enter. You should see something like <pre> Python 3.4.2 (r261:67515, Feb 11 2010, 00:51:29) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> </pre> The <code>>>></code> indicates that you are at a Python prompt.</li> <li>Exit the Python prompt by typing <pre> exit() </pre> and hitting enter. Now you're back at the OS X command prompt (which looks something like <code>jesstess$</code>).</li> </ol> == Success! == Practice these steps until you feel comfortable navigating to a command prompt, starting Python, and exiting Python. [[Category:CDSW]]
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