How to execute a python script and write output to txt file?

Question

I\'m executing a .py file, which spits out a give string. This command works fine

execfile (\'file.py\')

But I want the output (in addition to it being shown

Answer 1

The simplest way to run a script and get the output to a text file is by typing the below in the terminal:

PCname:~/Path/WorkFolderName$ python scriptname.py>output.txt

*Make sure you have created output.txt in the work folder before executing the command.