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== Overview ==
* You can use any Python command from the interactive Python command line:

<source lang="python">
>>> print 4**2
16
>>> a = 'blue'
>>> print a
blue
>>>
</source>

* Everything works in exactly the same way as it would in a program.
* You can define code blocks by writing extra lines:

<source lang="python">
>>> for i in range(3):
…
print i
…
0
1
2
>>>
</source>

== Tips ==
* You can leave the command line by Ctrl-Z (Windows) or Ctrl-D (Linux).
* The CLI works great as a pocket calculator.
* Writing code blocks with 2+ lines in the CLI gets painful quickly.
* From IDLE, you can execute a program in the command line by pressing F5.
== More Info ==
An enhanced CLI with syntax highlighting and tab expansion is provided by the Ipython package (Windows/Linux/Mac) – http://ipython.scipy.org.

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