How can I make the “python” command in terminal, run python3 instead of python2?

Question

I\'m just starting to learn Python and did search around a little, so forgive me if this has been asked and answered.

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Answer 1

According to PEP-394,
"for the time being, all distributions should ensure that python refers to the same target as python2".
On *nix systems, there are three links to executables of python command line interpreter named python, python2 and python3 in directory /usr/bin. The python link points to python2 according to the PEP, but you can change it to point to python3 by creating a new link to python3 and renaming it to python. Also, you have to delete the old python link.