How to Check and Verify Python on CentOS7

Run CenOS7

Open Terminal:

# python --version

[root@localhost ~]# python --version

Python 2.7.5

Run Python:

#python

root@localhost ~]# python

Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug  7 2019, 00:51:29) 

[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39)] on linux2

Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>> 

Help Command:

>>>help()

>>> help()

Welcome to Python 2.7!  This is the online help utility.

If this is your first time using Python, you should definitely check out

the tutorial on the Internet at http://docs.python.org/2.7/tutorial/.

Enter the name of any module, keyword, or topic to get help on writing

Python programs and using Python modules.  To quit this help utility and

return to the interpreter, just type "quit".

To get a list of available modules, keywords, or topics, type "modules",

"keywords", or "topics".  Each module also comes with a one-line summary

of what it does; to list the modules whose summaries contain a given word

such as "spam", type "modules spam".

help>

Quit from help command line:

help> quit

help> quit

Simple Program:

>>>print ("Hello World")

>>> print ("Hello World")

Hello World

>>> 

Quit from Python:

>>>quit()

>> 

>>> quit()

[root@localhost ~]# 

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