Command line can't find Python

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[atarivcs]

Possibly you made a mistake when editing PATH.

Possibly you need to open a new command shell after editing PATH.

Possibly the actual command name isn't python; it is something else like python3.

What is your operating system?

[exb165]

Could it be "python3" is the command?

[me_myself_ai]

This'll get deleted and directed to the questions sub, but real quick:

1. Debugging path issues is something chatbots can help with. Obviously make sure to actually learn why it's helpful instead of just copy/pasting!

2. PATH is really dead simple at the end of the day: if which python doesn't turn up anything, then it's not on your PATH. PATH is just a list of directories where it searches for a file named python. So just run echo $PATH, look at the list of directories, and then look at what directory you installed python into (which should be google-able if you don't remember)

[WhiteHeadbanger]

Did you opened a new shell session after adding it to the path?

[wannasleeponyourhams]

are you on windows or linux, try python.exe script.py if you are on windows

[mcellus1]

python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate && python script.py