# Python command help please!

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**Category:** Rhino for Mac\
**Tags:** python\
**Created:** [November 19, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/python-command-help-please/169578 "2023-11-19T22:44:38Z")\
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follow the windows instructions - rhino 8 on Mac behaves more or less like this. (EDIT: regarding toolbar / button editing)  
You can use \_macroEditor to test if the script is found / if your macro is correct:

```auto
! _-RunPythonScript "<full path to your script including extension>"

```

then copy the working macro from the macroeditor to an alias or button.

> [@Running Python scripts from aliases or toolbar buttons](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/running-python-scripts-from-aliases-or-toolbar-buttons/47290):
>
> First, [here is some basic info from the Rhino developer docs.](http://developer.rhino3d.com/guides/rhinopython/python-running-scripts/) Following are some more detailed instructions. They are platform-specific. For Windows Rhino users: To run a python script (\*.py) from a toolbar button: Right-click in a blank space in any toolbar and choose “New Button”. In the button editor that opens, in the "Command area, type the following: ! \_-RunPythonScript ( \<paste the entire script here\> ) Then OK to exit the button editor. When you click the button, the script sh…

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