i saw someone do this in a video suppose i have a python code called code.txt and i executed it using this command in powershell

python .\code.txt 

what is the use of the .\ here it also happens to work with ./

CodePudding user response：

It's just a notation referring to the current directory.

python .\code.txt, python ./code.txt and python code.txt produce the same result, as your file needs to be in current cmd/shell directory to be run this way. Or else you could execute it outside current cmd/shell directory specifying the full path, as python C:\Users\Desktop\code.txt.