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Visual Studio Code – VSCode: 'py' command works but 'python' doesn't in the terminal

When I’m trying to run my main.py file through VSCode terminal, it works fine if i use py main.py but shows the prompt of "how do you want to open this file?" when i use python command instead of py.

this issue is specific to vs code terminal. both py and python works fine on my windows terminal.

here’s what i tried-

  1. selected interpreter path
  2. multiple reinstallations of python and vscode
  3. checked system env path-> all set well
  4. checked aliases
  5. doskey python=py

what am i missing here?

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  1. 0

    Try to create a folder and use IDLE to create a file and run that file in VS Code.

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  2. 0

    In the command line try: python3 path/to/file/main.py
    You can get the correct relative path to your file by right clicking on the file in VSCode and selecting ‘Copy relative path’.

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