Pydoc is not working (Windows XP)

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Twiek picture Twiek · Aug 2, 2010 · Viewed 7.8k times · Source

Using Windows XP and Python 2.7 I tried to run "pydoc" through the terminal. unfortunately it doesn't work.

Since I'm not allowed to post a screenshot (Newbie). Here is what it says (white on black)

What I type:

"C:\Python27>pydoc raw_input  /"pydoc raw_input"

My result (It's German an it roughly translates to"The command "pydoc" is either spelled wrong or couldn't be found.):

Der Befehl "pydoc" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden.

What am I doing wrong?

By the way, I just started to teach myself programming using Zed Shaws "Learn Python the Hard Way" and this is the first issue I really can't figure out using Google. I start to believe that it is Windows an not me... (being too broke to afford a Mac and to scared to learn Linux).

Answer

akira picture akira · Apr 21, 2011

for me 

% python -m pydoc <params here>

worked. python will look for pydoc.py in the right directories without further ado.

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