Simulate python3 shell commands behavior in windows powershell

Question

I work on an api that run python3 scripts like python3 <scriptname.py>. This api initially run on a linux system. Unfortunately I make the local development of it on a windows. Is there a way to simulate this behaviour so that when I run in powershell python3 -V it give me the version of python.

I have allready python 3 installed on my computer. I tried to add the path to my python.exe to the system variables with for variable the string python3. But after registering and restarting powershell and type python3 -V I still get the error that «python3» is not recognized as a command applet name.

Does anyone have any ideas?

yakobyd · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-07T10:11:56.357

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Once python is in your path, you can define a PowerShell alias for python3.

PS > New-Alias python3 python
PS > python3 -V
python 3.6.5

In order to have this alias as a permanent one, refer to this question: Permanent PowerShell Aliases.

edited Jul 07 '19 at 10:11

answered Jul 07 '19 at 10:06

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 15 '21 at 08:49

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I found tricky solution.
Once python is in your path, go to python installed path and copy python.exe and named duplicated one as python3.exe

edited Jul 15 '21 at 08:49

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answered Jul 15 '21 at 07:57

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Thanks for posting a solution but this is really a tricky one :) I definitively recommend [yakobyd](https://stackoverflow.com/users/9919541/yakobyd)'s answer. – johannchopin Jul 15 '21 at 08:08

Simulate python3 shell commands behavior in windows powershell

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