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error trying to download install file in Ubuntu through Python

I’m totally new to command line and am trying to follow the instructions here to get OBITools installed. I’ve gotten part way through, but I am getting an error I don’t understand when trying to download the OBITools install file. The code presented in the tutorial is:

wget http://metabarcoding.org//obitools/doc/_downloads/get-obitools.py python get-obitools.py

I am getting the following error:
>>> wget http://metabarcoding.org//obitools/doc/_downloads/get-obitools.py File "<stdin>", line 1 wget http://metabarcoding.org//obitools/doc/_downloads/get-obitools.py ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong? Any help is much appreciated!

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  1. 0

    You’re not supposed to type those lines at the python shell (the one with >>>), you’re supposed to type those into your regular bash shell (the one with $).

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    Type exit() to quit from the python shell and try again

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