My first Python program tried to print 'hello world' for three hours straight

Last Tuesday, I was following a tutorial and typed print('hello world') into a fresh file. I saved it as 'test.py' and ran it from the terminal, but nothing happened. I spent the next three hours checking my spelling, reinstalling Python, and even restarting my computer. Turns out, I had saved the file on my desktop but was running the command from my Documents folder. Has anyone else had a simple file path issue waste a huge chunk of their day?

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kai_park1mo ago

Honestly just use the full file path in your terminal to avoid that headache.

paul2511mo ago

Bro @kai_park, you type out the full path every single time? That's wild.

king.andrew19d ago

Yeah and I've done that exact thing with the wrong folder at least five times now.