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I'm starting to learn Linux and I wanted to create myself an python file with simple line of code which is

print("Hello World")

Running the file in terminal gives me this error that I cannot fix which says

Syntax error near unexpected token ` "Hello World!" '

I tried adding \ and / next to parenthesis but it didn't work either. Any ideas?

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  • Does it change if you execute it via 'python file1.py' command on terminal? Commented Nov 11, 2020 at 16:37
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    You should run it as python file1.py not using ./ unless you specify the interpreter path in the script. Commented Nov 11, 2020 at 16:38
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    Which is to say: Your first line should be something like #!/usr/bin/env python; otherwise your shell will assume that the script is a shell script, and run it with a shell instead of with a Python interpreter. Commented Nov 11, 2020 at 16:40

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This error comes from bash, not Python. As if you were to type print("Hello World") in your terminal. Try running the python file as python3 file3.py.

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